Improved Eye Plaque Brachytherapy Dosimetry Using Monte Carlo Methods

Keywords

Dosimetry, Brachytherapy, Monte Carlo method, Radiation treatment planning, Collimated light

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• Monte Carlo investigation of dose distribution of uniformly and non‐uniformly loaded standard and notched eye plaquesOleksii Semeniuk, Victor Malkov, Marc Chamberland — 2023
• Investigation of heterogeneity corrections for accelerated Monte Carlo-based treatment planning of plaque ocular brachytherapy.Oleksii Semeniuk, Mark J. Rivard, Robert Weersink — 2025

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