Determining the effects of microsphere and surrounding material composition on 90Y dose kernels using egsnrc and mcnp5

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1424-1434

  Paxton, Adam B ^a   Davis, Stephen D ^a,b   Dewerd, Larry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; egsnrc; mcnp5; Monte Carlo electron transport

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GLASS; MICROSPHERES; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESINS;

ACCURATE CALCULATIONS; BRACHYTHERAPY; EGSNRC; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION; MCNP5; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84857818286     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3685577     Document Type: Article

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