Volume-Shape Dose Dependence for Gamma Radiation Brachytherapy: A Monte Carlo Study
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The use of internal radiation from a gamma source in brachytherapy has been developing for several decades as a beneficial tool in the field of radiation therapy in medical physics. Brachytherapy has proved to be efficient for the treatment of tumors in a variety of organs that have different volumes and shapes. The use of brachytherapy treatment is based mainly on the AAPM protocol (TG-43) published in 2004. The calculations or measurements of dosimetry are based on the definition of dose, which is the ratio of absorbed energy in a volume to the volume mass. The study aimed to present volume shape influence on dose, calculated by using Monte Carlo code systems.
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تاریخ انتشار 2017