Patient-Specific Monte Carlo Dose Calculations for High-Dose-Rate Endorectal Brachytherapy With Shielded Intracavitary Applicator

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1259-1266

  Poon, Emily ^a   Williamson, Jeffrey F ^b   Vuong, Té ^c   Verhaegen, Frank ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endorectal brachytherapy; High dose rate; Intracavitary applicator; Monte Carlo dose calculations; Shielding

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; BALLOONS; BONE; HISTOLOGY; IRIDIUM; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SHIELDING; SILICONES; TARGETS; TUNGSTEN; WATER TREATMENT;

BONE MARROWS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION METHODS; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; CORTICAL BONES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EFFICIENT TREATMENTS; ENDORECTAL BRACHYTHERAPY; HIGH DOSE RATE; INTEGRATED SOFTWARES; INTRACAVITARY APPLICATOR; INTRACAVITARY APPLICATORS; LEAD SHIELDING; LONGITUDINAL; MEAN DOSES; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO DOSE CALCULATIONS; MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES; NORMAL TISSUES; PATIENT ANATOMIES; PHOTON TRANSPORTS; POSITIONING; ROTATIONAL SHIFTS; SOFT TISSUES; TARGET COVERAGES; TARGET VOLUMES; TASK GROUPS; TISSUE HETEROGENEITIES; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUME INDICES;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IRIDIUM 192; LEAD; SILICONE; TUNGSTEN;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION SHIELD; RECTUM CANCER; SIMULATION; SOFT TISSUE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 54049155205     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.07.029     Document Type: Article

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