Dosimetric characterization of a 131Cs brachytherapy source by thermoluminescence dosimetry in liquid water

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5861-5868

  Tailor, Ramesh ^a   Ibbott, Geoffrey ^a   Lampe, Stephanie ^a   Bivens Warren, Whitney ^b   Tolani, Naresh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b Harrington Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

131Cs; Anisotropy; Brachytherapy seed; Dose rate constant; Radial dose function; TG 43; Thermoluminescence dosimetry; TLD

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; LIQUIDS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE RATE CONSTANTS; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTION; TG-43; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; ^131CS;

DOSIMETRY;

CESIUM; CESIUM 131; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; CESIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; WATER;

EID: 56749158330     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3020754     Document Type: Article

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