Thermoluminescence dosimetry measurements of brachytherapy sources in liquid water

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4063-4069

  Tailor, Ramesh ^a   Tolani, Naresh ^a   Ibbott, Geoffrey S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

131Cs; Brachytherapy; Correction factor: 125I; Dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; LIQUIDS; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOMS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CORRECTION FACTORS; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETER; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PROSTATE BRACHYTHERAPY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; ^131CS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CESIUM; IODINE 125; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; PLASTIC; WATER;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

EID: 50449084525     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2968097     Document Type: Article

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