Influence of photon energy spectra from brachytherapy sources on Monte Carlo simulations of kerma and dose rates in water and air

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 869-876

  Rivard, Mark J ^a   Granero, Domingo ^b   Perez Calatayud, Jose ^c   Ballester, Facundo ^d,e  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; GEANT4; MCNP5; PENELOPE 2008; Photon spectrum

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL PHYSICS; ONCOLOGY; PHOTONS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; GEANT4; MCNP5; PENELOPE; PHOTON SPECTRA;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 75749106292     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3298008     Document Type: Article

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