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Monte Carlo radiation dose simulations and dosimetric comparison of the model 6711 and 9011 I 125 brachytherapy sources
Author(s) -
Rivard Mark J.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.3056463
Subject(s) - brachytherapy , dosimetry , monte carlo method , nuclear medicine , radiation , materials science , radiation dose , dose rate , medical physics , radiation therapy , medicine , physics , optics , radiology , mathematics , statistics
Smaller diameter brachytherapy seeds for permanent interstitial implantation allow for use of smaller diameter implant needles. The use of smaller diameter needles may provide a lower incidence of healthy‐tissue complications. This study determines the brachytherapy dosimetry parameters for the smaller diameter source (model 9011) and comments on the dosimetric comparison between this new source and the conventional brachytherapy seed (model 6711).