Polymer gel water equivalence and relative energy response with emphasis on low photon energy dosimetry in brachytherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 15, 2004, Pages 3495-3514

  Pantelis, E ^a   Karlis, A K ^a   Kozicki, M ^b   Papagiannis, P ^a   Sakelliou, L ^a   Rosiak, J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; POLYMERS; RADIOTHERAPY;

ATOMIC NUMBER; POLYMER GELS;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103; PENTETATE YTTERBIUM YB 169; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY ABSORPTION; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4444310345     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/15/013     Document Type: Article

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