Dosimetry comparison between TG-43 and Monte Carlo calculations using the Freiburg flap for skin high-dose-rate brachytherapy

Brachytherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 528-535

  Vijande, Javier ^a,b   Ballester, Facundo ^a   Ouhib, Zoubir ^c   Granero, Domingo ^d   Pujades Claumarchirant, M Carmen ^e   Perez Calatayud, Jose ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE FÍSICA CORPUSCULAR IFIC   (Spain)

^c Lynn Cancer Institute of Boca Raton Regional Hospital   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

Author keywords

192Ir; Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Freiburg flap; Penelope2008

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE; SIMULATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VALIDATION STUDY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84868127849     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: 18731449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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