Dosimetric characterization and output verification for conical brachytherapy surface applicators. Part I. Electronic brachytherapy source

Medical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Fulkerson, Regina K ^a   Micka, John A ^a   Dewerd, Larry A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

HDR; skin cancer; surface applicator

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; IRIDIUM COMPOUNDS; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; WATER TREATMENT; X RAYS;

AIR KERMA RATE MEASUREMENT; CHARACTERISTIC DEPTHS; CORRECTION FACTORS; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO; QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURES; SKIN CANCERS; VERIFICATION METHOD;

APPLICATORS;

COBALT 60; IRIDIUM 192; WATER; IRIDIUM;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FILM; GEOMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION APPLICATOR; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM; CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON; EQUIPMENT; RADIOMETRY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 84894351238     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4862505     Document Type: Article

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