On the use of HDR 60Co source with the MammoSite® radiation therapy system

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5263-5268

  Baltas, D ^a,b   Lymperopoulou, G ^c   Zamboglou, N ^a  

^a Klinikum Offenbach GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

60Co; Brachytherapy; Breast; MammoSite; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; BALLOONS; CONTRAST MEDIA; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST; MAMMOSITE; PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS; RADIATION THERAPY SYSTEMS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; ^60CO;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COBALT 60; CONTRAST MEDIUM; IRIDIUM 192; PENTETATE YTTERBIUM YB 169; WATER; COBALT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; IRIDIUM;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MAMMOSITE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; BREAST TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 56749101763     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3002312     Document Type: Article

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