Dosimetric characterization of round HDR i 192 r AccuBoost applicators for breast brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5027-5032

  Rivard, Mark J ^a   Melhus, Christopher S ^a   Wazer, David E ^a   Bricault, Raymond J ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Advanced Radiation Therapy   (United States)

Author keywords

192Ir; Applicator; Brachytherapy; Breast cancer; Dosimetry; Monte Carlo methods

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOMS; POLYSTYRENES; RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE;

192IR; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CENTRAL AXIS; CLINICAL USE; DEPTH DOSE; IR SOURCE; MONTE CARLO'S SIMULATION; MONTECARLO METHODS; POLYSTYRENE PHANTOM;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

IRIDIUM 192; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; BREAST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 70350738100     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3232001     Document Type: Article

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