Water equivalency evaluation of PRESAGE® dosimeters for dosimetry of Cs-137 and Ir-192 brachytherapy sources

Journal of Physics: Conference Series

Volumn 250, Issue , 2010, Pages 462-466

  Gorjiara, Tina ^a   Hill, Robin ^a,b   Kuncic, Zdenka ^a   Baldock, Clive ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CESIUM; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSE GRADIENTS; DOSE MEASUREMENT; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO; HALOGEN CONTENTS; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D); WATER EQUIVALENCY; WATER EQUIVALENT;

IRIDIUM;

EID: 78650567778     PISSN: 17426588     EISSN: 17426596     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/250/1/012093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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