Two-dimensional dosimetry in the near field of the model 200 103Pd source for interstitial brachytherapy implants using a thermoluminescent sheet

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 4049-4063

  Iwata, Kazuro ^a   Yue, Ning J ^b   Nath, Ravinder ^b  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BARIUM COMPOUNDS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); METALLIC FILMS; PALLADIUM; SHEET METAL;

BRACHYTHERAPY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL DOSE DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENTS;

DOSIMETRY;

BARIUM SULFATE; PALLADIUM 103; POLITEF;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FILM DOSIMETER; IMPLANT; INTERSTITIUM; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ANISOTROPY; BARIUM SULFATE; BRACHYTHERAPY; EUROPIUM; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PALLADIUM; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 4544360765     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/17/015     Document Type: Article

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