Influence of phantom material and dimensions on experimental i 192 r dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2228-2235

  Tedgren, Åsa Carlsson ^a   Carlsson, Gudrun Alm ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

192Ir; Dosimetry; Plastic phantom; Water equivalence

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; POLYSTYRENES; RADIOTHERAPY;

ABSORBED DOSE DISTRIBUTION; CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; PLASTIC PHANTOM; POSITIONAL ACCURACY; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; WATER EQUIVALENCE; ^192IR;

PHANTOMS;

IRIDIUM 192; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYSTYRENE; WATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MOLECULAR SIZE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOISOTOPE DISTRIBUTION; SIMULATION;

EID: 66449103523     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3121508     Document Type: Article

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