Monte Carlo study of LDR seed dosimetry with an application in a clinical brachytherapy breast implant

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1848-1858

  Furstoss, C ^a,g   Reniers, B ^a,b   Bertrand, M J ^a   Poon, E ^a   Carrier, J F ^c   Keller, B M ^d   Pignol, J P ^d   Beaulieu, L ^e,f   Verhaegen, F ^a,d  

^a MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Ctr de Rech de L'hotel dieu de Q   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^g MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

6711 InterSource125; Breast implant; Film dosimetry; I 125; Low dose rate brachytherapy; MCNPX; Monte Carlo; TLD dosimetry

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION EFFECTS; DOSIMETRY; HISTOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PHASE SPACE METHODS; RADIOTHERAPY;

6711 INTERSOURCE^125; BREAST IMPLANTS; FILM DOSIMETRY; LOW DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; MCNPX;

TISSUE;

IODINE 125; WATER;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AIR; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; FILM; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; LUNG; MAMMARY GLAND; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; RIB; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 65449135529     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3116777     Document Type: Article

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