Monte Carlo dosimetry for i 125 and P 103 d eye plaque brachytherapy with various seed models

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 368-376

  Thomson, R M ^a   Rogers, D W O ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BrachyDose; Brachytherapy; Choroidal melanoma; COMS; Dose calculation; EGSnrc; Eye plaque; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

DERMATOLOGY; GOLD ALLOYS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SILICONES;

BRACHYDOSE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROIDAL MELANOMA; COMS; DOSE CALCULATION; EGSNRC; EYE PLAQUE;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 73649091426     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3271104     Document Type: Article

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