A quantitative three-dimensional dose attenuation analysis around Fletcher-Suit-Delclos due to stainless steel tube for high-dose-rate brachytherapy by Monte Carlo calculations

Brachytherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-323

  Parsai, E Ishmael ^a   Zhang, Zhengdong ^a   Feldmeier, John J ^a  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Attenuation; Brachytherapy; FSD applicator; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

STAINLESS STEEL;

ACCURACY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLETCHER SUIT DELCLOS APPLICATOR; HIGH RADIATION DOSE RATE; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE ATTENUATION; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TUBE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 67651049790     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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