Dosimetric accuracy of a deterministic radiation transport based I 192 r brachytherapy treatment planning system. Part II: Monte Carlo and experimental verification of a multiple source dwell position plan employing a shielded applicator

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1981-1992

  Petrokokkinos, L ^a,b   Zourari, K ^a   Pantelis, E ^a   Moutsatsos, A ^a   Karaiskos, P ^a   Sakelliou, L ^b   Seimenis, I ^c   Georgiou, E ^a   Papagiannis, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; Monte Carlo; polymer gel MRI dosimetry; treatment planning

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL APPLICATION; EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION; POLYMER GEL-MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMER GELS; RADIATION TRANSPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 79953653860     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3567507     Document Type: Article

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