Monte Carlo and experimental characterization of the first AMIRS 103Pd brachytherapy source

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1856-1860

  Raisali, Gholamreza ^a   Ghonchehnazi, Maryam G ^b   Shokrani, Parvaneh ^b   Sadeghi, Mahdi ^c  

^a NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Iran)

^b ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c AGRICULTURAL MEDICAL AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SCHOOL   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetric parameters; MCNP4C; TG 43U1 protocol; TLD dosimeter

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRIC PARAMETERS; MCNP4C; TG-43U1 PROTOCOL; TLD DOSIMETER;

COBALT 60; PALLADIUM 103;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PALLADIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 53549116181     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.06.007     Document Type: Article

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