Brachytherapy dosimetry parameters calculated for a new 103Pd source

Medical Physics

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 2466-2470

  Rivard, Mark J ^a   Melhus, Christopher S ^a   Kirk, Bernadette L ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

103Pd; Brachytherapy dosimetry; MCNP; Monte Carlo calculations; TG 43

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; MCNP; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; TG-43; ^103PD;

RADIOTHERAPY;

PALLADIUM 103; RHODIUM; SILVER; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

QUERCUS;

EID: 4644364517     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1781552     Document Type: Article

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