Dosimetric perturbations of a lead shield for surface and interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy

Journal of Radiological Protection

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 297-311

  Candela Juan, Cristian ^a,b   Granero, Domingo ^c   Vijande, Javier ^b   Ballester, Facundo ^b   Perez Calatayud, Jose ^a,d   Rivard, Mark J ^e  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA FE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

^d Hospital Clinica Benidorm   (Spain)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

dosimetric perturbation; HDR brachytherapy; lead shield; Monte Carlo simulation; superficial and interstitial; transmission

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; DOSIMETRY; IRIDIUM; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TRANSMISSIONS; YTTERBIUM;

DOSE ENHANCEMENTS; DOSIMETRIC PERTURBATION; HDR BRACHYTHERAPY; HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; ORGAN EQUIVALENT DOSE; RADIOSENSITIVE ORGANS; SUPERFICIAL AND INTERSTITIAL; TRANSMISSION DATA;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

LEAD;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ABSORPTION, RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LEAD; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84902085379     PISSN: 09524746     EISSN: 13616498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0952-4746/34/2/297     Document Type: Article

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