Advanced Brachytherapy Physics - Vienna 2016

The problem …

Energy [keV]

CSDA-range electrons [g/cm 2 ]

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[cm]

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How important is D scat

in brachy …?

30

1.8E-03 1.2E-02 1.1E-01 4 4E 01 . -

2.5 5.6 8.9

0.56 0.85 0.71 0 58 .

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1000

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Figure from: Baltas, Sakelliou, Zamboglou (Eds), The Physics of modern brachytherapy for oncology, Taylor & Francis Books Inc, 2006