Evaluation of material heterogeneity dosimetric effects using radiochromic film for COMS eye plaques loaded with 125I seeds (model I25.S16)

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Acar, Hilal ^a   Chiu Tsao, Sou Tung ^b   Özbay, Ismail ^a   Kemikler, Gönül ^a   Tuncer, Samuray ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Quality MediPhys LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

COMS eye plaque; EBT film; heterogeneity effect; radiochromic film dosimetry

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHANTOMS;

ABSOLUTE DOSE RATE; COMS EYE PLAQUE; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EBT FILM DOSIMETRIES; HETEROGENEITY EFFECTS; MATERIAL HETEROGENEITY; RADIOCHROMIC FILM; RADIOCHROMIC FILM DOSIMETRY;

DOSIMETRY;

IODINE 125; POLYSTYRENE; WATER; RADIOACTIVE IODINE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; EYE; FILM DOSIMETER; IRRADIATION; MATERIAL STATE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOM; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE REDUCTION; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EYE TUMOR; IMAGE QUALITY; MELANOMA; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY;

EYE NEOPLASMS; FILM DOSIMETRY; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MELANOMA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84872024807     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4769423     Document Type: Article

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