New material for low-dose brachytherapy seeds: Xe-doped amorphous carbon films with post-growth neutron activated 125I

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 118-121

  Goncalves R G F ^a   Pinheiro, M V B ^a   Lacerda, R G ^a   Ferlauto, A S ^a   Ladeira, L O ^a   Krambrock, K ^a   Leal, A S ^b   Viana, G A ^c   Marques, F C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amorphous carbon; Brachytherapy; Iodine 125; Neutron activation

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; IODINE-125; LOW DOSE; NEUTRON ACTIVATION; NEW MATERIAL; NOVEL MATERIALS; SI SUBSTRATES;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; AMORPHOUS FILMS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; IODINE; ION BEAM ASSISTED DEPOSITION; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR PROPULSION; NUCLEAR REACTORS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; XENON;

CARBON FILMS;

CARBON; IODINE 125; RADIOISOTOPE; SILICON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XENON; XENON 124; XENON 125;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILM; GAMMA SPECTROMETRY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR REACTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARBON; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; SPECTROMETRY, GAMMA; XENON ISOTOPES;

EID: 77958458312     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.08.005     Document Type: Article

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