The use of gel dosimetry to measure the 3D dose distribution of a 90Sr/90Y intravascular brachytherapy seed

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1661-1672

  Massillon Jl, G ^a,b   Minniti, R ^a   Mitch, M G ^a   Maryanski, M J ^c   Soares, C G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c MGS Research Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; BETA PARTICLES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CT SCANNERS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GEL DOSIMETRIES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; INTRAVASCULAR BRACHYTHERAPY; LOCAL MAXIMUM; MAXIMUM VALUES; MONTE CARLO CALCULATIONS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; POLYMER GEL DOSIMETRIES; POLYMER GELS; RADIAL DOSE FUNCTIONS; RADIOCHROMIC FILMS; RELATIVE UNCERTAINTIES; SEED SOURCES; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GELATION; GELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCANNING;

SEED;

STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM 90;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

BLOOD VESSELS; BRACHYTHERAPY; GELS; LASERS; POLYMETHACRYLIC ACIDS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; STRONTIUM RADIOISOTOPES; YTTRIUM RADIOISOTOPES;

EID: 63649145726     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/6/017     Document Type: Article

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