A Monte Carlo brachytherapy study for dose distribution prediction in an inhomogeneous medium

Medical Dosimetry

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 271-278

  Slate, Lawrence J ^a   Elson, Howard R ^b   Lamba, Michael A S ^b   Kassing, William M ^b   Soldano, Michael ^b   Barrett, William L ^b  

^a SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Iodine 125; Iridium 192; MCNP; Monte Carlo; Palladium 103

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125; IRIDIUM 192; PALLADIUM 103;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BONE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PALLADIUM; PAROTID GLAND; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 7444250181     PISSN: 09583947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2004.02.002     Document Type: Article

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