Improved radial dose function estimation using current version MCNP Monte-Carlo simulation: Model 6711 and ISC3500 125I brachytherapy sources

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1443-1450

  Duggan, Dennis M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Iodine 125; Monte Carlo simulation; Prostate cancer; Radiation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; ISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; MONTE-CARLO N-PARTICLE (MNCP); RADIAL DOSE FUNCTIONS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

IODINE 125; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETRY; FIELD EMISSION; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION FIELD; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 4544308285     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2004.05.070     Document Type: Article

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