Dosimetric impact of an i 192 r brachytherapy source cable length modeled using a grid-based Boltzmann transport equation solver

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4733-4743

  Mikell, Justin K ^a,b   Mourtada, Firas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; discrete ordinates; GBBS; TG 43

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BOLTZMANN EQUATION; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; DISCRETE ORDINATES; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; DOSIMETRIC IMPACT; GBBS; TG-43; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

CABLES;

IRIDIUM;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 77956324804     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3478278     Document Type: Article

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