Photon energy spectrum emitted by a novel polymer-encapsulated 103Pd source and its effect on the dose rate constant

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1403-1406

  Khan, Sabrina ^a   Chen, Zhe Jay ^a   Nath, Ravinder ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose rate constant; Energy spectrum; Palladium 103; Polymer encapsulation

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; GERMANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; RADIOTHERAPY; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPY;

DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; ENERGY SPECTRA; EXPERIMENTAL UNCERTAINTY; GERMANIUM SPECTROMETERS; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; PHOTON ENERGY SPECTRUM; PHOTON SPECTROMETRY; POLYMER ENCAPSULATION;

RATE CONSTANTS;

GERMANIUM; OPTISEED 103; PALLADIUM 103; POLYMER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; INTRINSIC GERMANIUM SPECTROEMTER; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PHOTON SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROMETER; SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 41449094677     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2870231     Document Type: Article

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