Radiation leakage study for the Valencia applicators

Physica Medica

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 60-64

  Granero, D ^a   Perez Calatayud, J ^b,c   Ballester, F ^d   Ouhib, Z ^e  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b Hospital Clinica Benidorm   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

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

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry; Monte Carlo; Valencia applicators

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION LEAKAGE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION SAFETY; RADIATION SHIELD; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN DEFECT;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FILM DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION PROTECTION;

EID: 84871766410     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: 1724191X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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