Measurements of dose discrepancies due to inhomogeneities and radiographic contrast in balloon catheter brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3945-3954

  Oh, Seungjong ^a,b   Scott, Jacob ^b   Shin, Dong Hoon ^c   Suh, Tae Suk ^a,b   Kim, Siyong ^d  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering   (South Korea)

^c H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Korea Institute of Nuclear Nonproliferation and Control   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast HDR brachytherapy; Dose discrepancies; MOSFET

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; CATHETERS; METALS; MOS DEVICES; MOSFET DEVICES; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE DISCREPANCIES; HDR BRACHYTHERAPY; HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; MOS-FET; PARTIAL BREAST IRRADIATION; STUDENT'S T DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT CONDITIONS; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

ONCOLOGY;

METAL OXIDE;

ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CONTRAST; DOSIMETRY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SEMICONDUCTOR; STUDENT T TEST;

ALGORITHMS; BALLOON DILATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; UNCERTAINTY; WATER;

EID: 69549096004     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3183497     Document Type: Article

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