Realisation of the absorbed dose to water for I-125 interstitial brachytherapy sources

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 442-445

  Schneider, Thorsten ^a   Selbach, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose to water; Brachytherapy; I 125; Interstitial; Primary standard

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ARTICLE; IONIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WATER;

EID: 80054069166     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.08.025     Document Type: Article

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