Dosimetric parameters of the new design 103Pd brachytherapy source based on Monte Carlo study

Physica Medica

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-18

  Saidi, Pooneh ^a   Sadeghi, Mahdi ^b   Shirazi, Alireza ^c   Tenreiro, Claudio ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

103Pd; Brachytherapy; MCNP5; Monte Carlo calculation; TG 43U1

Indexed keywords

PALLADIUM 103; WATER;

ACCURACY; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

ANISOTROPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PALLADIUM; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 83555163879     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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