Primary calibration of coiled 103Pd brachytherapy sources

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 32-38

  Paxton, Adam B ^a   Culberson, Wesley S ^a   DeWerd, Larry A ^a   Micka, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

103Pd; Brachytherapy; Calibration

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION COEFFICIENTS; CORRECTION FACTORS; LDR BRACHYTHERAPY; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN; VARIABLE APERTURE; ^103PD;

ONCOLOGY;

PALLADIUM 103;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ENERGY; IMPLANT; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 37549020069     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2815628     Document Type: Article

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