Radiation transmission data for radionuclides and materials relevant to brachytherapy facility shielding

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4898-4906

  Papagiannis, P ^a   Baltas, D ^b   Granero, D ^c   Prez Calatayud J ^c   Gimeno, J ^d   Ballester, F ^e   Venselaar, J L M ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE ONCOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^f DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; HVL; Monte Carlo; Radiation protection; Shielding; TVL

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIATION; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY; SHIELDING; TRANSMISSIONS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; OBLIQUE INCIDENCE; RADIATION TRANSMISSION; REALISTIC GEOMETRY; SHIELDING CALCULATION; SPECTRAL VARIATION; THREE-PARAMETER MODELS; TRANSMISSION DATA;

RADIATION SHIELDING;

CESIUM; CESIUM 131; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; CONCRETE; GLASS; GOLD 198; IODINE 125; IRIDIUM 192; LEAD; PALLADIUM 103; PENTETATE YTTERBIUM YB 169; RADIOISOTOPE; STAINLESS STEEL; THULIUM; THULIUM 170; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BUILDING; GEOMETRY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SHIELD; THICKNESS;

EID: 54949127211     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2986153     Document Type: Article

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