Characteristics of miniature electronic brachytherapy x-ray sources based on TG-43U1 formalism using Monte Carlo simulation techniques

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1971-1979

  Safigholi, Habib ^a   Faghihi, Reza ^b   Jashni, Somaye Karimi ^c   Meigooni, Ali S ^d  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d Division of Hematology and Medical Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

MCNP; MEBXS; miniature electronic brachytherapy; target; TG 43U1

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANODES; CATHODES; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DISSOCIATION; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON SOURCES; ELECTRONS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SHAPE OPTIMIZATION; TARGETS; TUNGSTEN; X RAY APPARATUS; X RAYS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; ELECTRON ENERGY RANGE; MCNP; MEBXS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; SOURCE CHARACTERISTICS; TG-43U1;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84861618501     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3693046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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