Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 13-18 , January 2012

Dosimetric parameters of the new design 103Pd brachytherapy source based on Monte Carlo study

  • Pooneh Saidi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, 1477893855, Tehran, Iran
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  • Mahdi Sadeghi

      Affiliations

    • Agricultural, Medical and Industrial Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, P.O. Box 31485-498, Gohardasht, 1439951113 Kkaraj, Iran
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +98 261 4436395; fax: +98 261 4464055.
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  • Alireza Shirazi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 1417863181 Tehran, Iran
    • ,
  • Claudio Tenreiro

      Affiliations

    • Department of Energy Science, SungKyunKwan University, 300 Cheoncheon-dong, 440–746 Suwon, Republic of Korea

Received 23 September 2010 ,Revised 18 December 2010 ,Accepted 21 December 2010.

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PII: S1120-1797(10)00081-5

doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2010.12.005

Physica Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics
Volume 28, Issue 1 , Pages 13-18 , January 2012

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