Modified COMS plaques for 125I and 103Pd iris melanoma brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1261-1269

  Thomson, Rowan M ^a   Furutani, Keith M ^b   Pulido, Jose S ^b   Stafford, Scott L ^b   Rogers, D W O ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

BrachyDose; Dose calculation; EGSnrc; Eye plaque; Iris melanoma; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

BRACHYDOSE; DOSE CALCULATION; EGSNRC; EYE PLAQUE; IRIS MELANOMA; MONTE CARLO;

DERMATOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; PALLADIUM; SILICONES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUMORS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

GOLD ALLOY; IODINE 125; PALLADIUM 103; SILICONE; PALLADIUM; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHOROID MELANOMA; COM PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DEVICE THERAPY; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; IRIS NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; IRIS NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; PALLADIUM; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 77958458327     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.12.002     Document Type: Article

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