Dosimetry revisited for the HDR 192Ir brachytherapy source model mHDR-v2

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 487-494

  Granero, Domingo ^a   Vijande, Javier ^b,c   Ballester, Facundo ^b,c   Rivard, Mark J ^d  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; dosimetry; GEANT4; Ir 192; MCNP5; PENELOPE2008; PSS model; TG 43

Indexed keywords

FITS AND TOLERANCES; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; MANUFACTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOTHERAPY; RATE CONSTANTS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; GEANT4; MCNP5; PENELOPE2008; TG-43;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 78650883827     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3531973     Document Type: Article

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