Investigation of the Effects of Tissue Inhomogeneities on the Dosimetric Parameters of a Cs-137 Brachytherapy Source using the MCNP4C Code
Introduction: Brachytherapy is the use of small encapsulated radioactive sources in close vicinity of tumors. Various methods are used to obtain the dose distribution around brachytherapy sources. TG-43 is a dosimetry protocol proposed by the AAPM for determining dose distributions around brachyther...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
2010-09-01
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| Series: | Iranian Journal of Medical Physics |
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| Online Access: | http://ijmp.mums.ac.ir/article_7249_461387e4c968c0246e3709764f651da3.pdf |