More accurate fitting of 125I and 103Pd radial dose functions

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 4242-4250

  Taylor, R E P ^a   Rogers, D W O ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

EGSnrc; Functional fit; g(r); I 125; LDR brachytherapy; Monte Carlo; Pd 103; Radial dose function

Indexed keywords

MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EGSNRC; FUNCTIONAL FIT; G(R); LDR BRACHYTHERAPY; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION;

ONCOLOGY;

IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103; TITANIUM; PALLADIUM; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; X RAY; ANISOTROPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSTATE TUMOR; SCINTISCANNING; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PALLADIUM; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 50449105592     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2964097     Document Type: Article

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