Commissioning a CT-compatible LDR tandem and ovoid applicator using Monte Carlo calculation and 3D dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4515-4523

  Adamson, Justus ^a   Newton, Joseph ^a   Yang, Yun ^a   Steffey, Beverly ^a   Cai, Jing ^a   Adamovics, John ^b   Oldham, Mark ^a   Chino, Junzo ^a   Craciunescu, Oana ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D dosimetry; brachytherapy; LDR tandem and ovoid; Monte Carlo; PRESAGE

Indexed keywords

APPLICATORS; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GEOMETRY; GOLD; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SHIELDING;

BRACHYTHERAPY; GEOMETRIC CHARACTERIZATION; LARGE FIELD OF VIEWS; MONTE CARLO CALCULATION; PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS; PRESAGE; STATISTICAL UNCERTAINTY; TANDEM AND OVOID;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84864204184     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4730501     Document Type: Article

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