A Monte Carlo based source model for dose calculation of endovaginal TARGIT brachytherapy with INTRABEAM and a cylindrical applicator

Zeitschrift fur Medizinische Physik

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 197-204

  Clausen, Sven ^a   Schneider, Frank ^a   Jahnke, Lennart ^a   Fleckenstein, Jens ^a   Hesser, Jürgen ^a   Glatting, Gerhard ^a   Wenz, Frederik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Geant4; INTRABEAM; IORT; Monte Carlo; Planning system

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROCESS TECHNOLOGY; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY; X RAY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOFTWARE; VAGINA;

EID: 84865580211     PISSN: 09393889     EISSN: 18764436     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.zemedi.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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