Monte Carlo simulations and radiation dosimetry measurements of peripherally applied HDR 192Ir breast brachytherapy D-shaped applicators

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 809-815

  Yang, Yun ^a   Rivard, Mark J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Applicator; Brachytherapy; Dosimetry

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; ONCOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES; RADIOTHERAPY;

ACCELERATED PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; DEPTH DOSE MEASUREMENTS; DOSE REDUCTION; DOSIMETRY MEASUREMENT; GAFCHROMIC EBT; MONTE CARLO RESULTS; RADIOCHROMIC FILM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

COBALT 60; IRIDIUM 192; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; DOSIMETRY; FILM; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 61349188243     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3075818     Document Type: Article

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