Dosimetric characterization of an 192Ir brachytherapy source with the Monte Carlo code PENELOPE

Physica Medica

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 132-139

  Casado, Francisco Javier ^a   García Pareja, Salvador ^a   Cenizo, Elena ^a   Mateo, Beatriz ^a   Bodineau, Coral ^a   Galán, Pedro ^a  

^a Hospital RU Carlos Haya   (Spain)

Author keywords

192Ir brachytherapy source; Monte Carlo dosimetry; PENELOPE; Uncertainty analysis

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192; IRIDIUM; WATER;

ABSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOSIMETRY; IMAGE QUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; ONCOLOGY; PHANTOM; RADIATION PHYSICS; AIR; ALGORITHM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FACTUAL DATABASE; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RADIATION DOSE; REFERENCE VALUE; UNCERTAINTY;

ABSORPTION; AIR; ALGORITHMS; ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REFERENCE VALUES; SOFTWARE; UNCERTAINTY; WATER;

EID: 77953911917     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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