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Monte Carlo simulation of the dose distribution around 1 2 5 I seeds
Author(s) -
Burns G. S.,
Raeside D. E.
Publication year - 1987
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 - 10.1118/1.596059
Subject(s) - monte carlo method , physics , dosimetry , brachytherapy , nuclear physics , nuclear medicine , computational physics , mathematics , statistics , medicine , radiation therapy
The Monte Carlo method was used to investigate dose distributions around the 3M Company model 6701 and model 6702 1 2 5 I brachytherapy seeds. The transverse axis dose distributions of the two seed models were found to be nearly identical, but the longitudinal axis dose distributions differed significantly. Seed design influences upon dose distributions also were investigated.