A novel tool for predicting the dose distribution of non-sealed
188Re
Monte Carlo dosimetry
dose estimation
radio-chromic films
skin brachytherapy
Journal
Medical physics
ISSN: 2473-4209
Titre abrégé: Med Phys
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0425746
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2023
Jul 2023
Historique:
revised:
15
02
2023
received:
04
02
2022
accepted:
20
02
2023
medline:
11
7
2023
pubmed:
16
3
2023
entrez:
15
3
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
High-dose rate brachytherapy using a non-sealed The paper aims to present a novel Monte Carlo (MC)-based tool for MC simulations were carried out using FLUKA modeling density and composition of The agreement between the proposed tool and VARSKIN was evaluated on the investigated cohort with median range of target area, target depth, and treatment time equal to 4.8 [1.0-60.1] cm Our results support the implementation of our MC-based tool in the practical routine for calculating the
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
High-dose rate brachytherapy using a non-sealed
PURPOSE
OBJECTIVE
The paper aims to present a novel Monte Carlo (MC)-based tool for
METHODS
METHODS
MC simulations were carried out using FLUKA modeling density and composition of
RESULTS
RESULTS
The agreement between the proposed tool and VARSKIN was evaluated on the investigated cohort with median range of target area, target depth, and treatment time equal to 4.8 [1.0-60.1] cm
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Our results support the implementation of our MC-based tool in the practical routine for calculating the
Substances chimiques
Rhenium
7440-15-5
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
4600-4612Subventions
Organisme : Italian Ministry of Health
ID : RC-2023-2778829
Informations de copyright
© 2023 The Authors. Medical Physics published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
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