… Several radionuclides with high ( 60 Co, 75 Se) and … as alternatives to 192 Ir for high-dose-rate
brachytherapy. The … five high- to intermediate-energy sources in prostate and head & …

… prostate cases there was a high dose to the pelvic bone, up to 50% and 70% of the prescribed
dose … , while femoral heads received up to 30% and 50% of the prescribed dose for 169 …

… will result in geometrically better dose distributions than can … Similar to the situation for brain
tumours and head and neck … more common tumour types like prostate cancer, thyroid cancer …

… (kV or MV or some kind of intermediate energy photon beam). … a dose of about 25 mGy for
the prostate and 3–9 mGy for head … rather than bony structures, so that motion of the prostate, …

… For prostate cancer, which is considered relatively radio-… Also in the head are three small
bones in each middle ear … for X and γ rays in the intermediate energy range of 100 keV to 10 …

… can be compensated efficiently, with deep-seated prostate cancer treated to high dose with
6 … simulations and experimental measurement that intermediate energy photon (in the range …

… for targets such as the prostate that used 15 MV or greater … 2 MV, which can produce useful
dose rates and still maintains … , we extended the applications of intermediate energy x-rays to …

… can be compensated efficiently, with deep-seated prostate cancer treated to high dose with
6 … simulations and experimental measurement that intermediate energy photon (in the range …

… skeletal dosimetry can overestimate dose to active bone … dose by 6% and 11%, respectively,
in the femoral head—… ) a cause of death that would preclude significant skeletal deterioration…

… In 2007, Keller et al. showed that intermediate energy X-rays … peripheral dose and fewer
monitor units (MUs) for prostate … The mean dose to the femur head increased by 41.9% in HE-…