Technical note: Removing the stem effect when performing Ir-192 HDR brachytherapy in vivo dosimetry using plastic scintillation detectors: A relevant and necessary step

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 2176-2179

  Therriault Proulx, Francois ^a,b   Beddar, Sam ^a   Briere, Tina M ^a   Archambault, Louis ^b,c   Beaulieu, Luc ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cerenkov; HDR; in vivo dosimetry; plastic scintillation detectors; stem effect

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; NEUTRON DETECTORS; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIOTHERAPY;

CERENKOV; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; FILTRATION TECHNIQUES; IN-VIVO; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SOURCE-TO-DETECTORS; STEM EFFECT;

SCINTILLATION;

EID: 79953671467     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3562902     Document Type: Article

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