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List of works by Facundo Ballester

A Monte Carlo investigation of the dosimetric characteristics of the CSM11 137Cs source from CIS

scientific article published on 01 September 2000

A Monte Carlo study of intersource effects in dome-type applicators loaded with LDR Cs-137 sources

scientific article published on 14 October 2005

A dosimetric study of Leipzig applicators

scientific article published in June 2005

A dosimetric study on the Ir-192 high dose rate flexisource

scientific article published in December 2006

A generic high-dose rate (192)Ir brachytherapy source for evaluation of model-based dose calculations beyond the TG-43 formalism

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A monte carlo study of dose rate distribution around the specially asymmetric CSM3-a 137Cs source

scientific article published on 01 July 2001

A practical MRI-based reconstruction method for a new endocavitary and interstitial gynaecological template

scientific article published on 30 October 2015

A program for the independent verification of brachytherapy planning system calculations.

scientific article published on September 2010

A simple analytical method for heterogeneity corrections in low dose rate prostate brachytherapy.

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Air-kerma evaluation at the maze entrance of HDR brachytherapy facilities

scientific article published on 15 September 2014

An approach to using conventional brachytherapy software for clinical treatment planning of complex, Monte Carlo-based brachytherapy dose distributions.

scientific article published in June 2009

Assessment of the linear reference air kerma rate of 192Ir wires

scientific article published in August 2001

Brachytherapy structural shielding calculations using Monte Carlo generated, monoenergetic data

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Calculated organ doses using Monte Carlo simulations in a reference male phantom undergoing HDR brachytherapy applied to localized prostate carcinoma

scientific article published in March 2013

Calibration of a thermoluminescent dosimeter worn over lead aprons in fluoroscopy guided procedures

scientific article published on 02 March 2018

Comments on 'determination of the dose characteristics in the near area of a new type of 192Ir-HDR afterloading source with a pinpoint ionization chamber'

scientific article published on 01 March 2003

Comparison and uncertainty evaluation of different calibration protocols and ionization chambers for low-energy surface brachytherapy dosimetry

scientific article published in August 2015

Correction factors for ionization chamber measurements with the 'Valencia' and 'large field Valencia' brachytherapy applicators

scientific article published on 08 June 2018

Depth-dose measurement corrections for the surface electronic brachytherapy beams of an Esteya<sup>®</sup> unit: a Monte Carlo study

scientific article published on 28 May 2020

Design and characterization of a new high-dose-rate brachytherapy Valencia applicator for larger skin lesions.

scientific article published on April 2016

Design and evaluation of a HDR skin applicator with flattening filter

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Dose calculation for photon-emitting brachytherapy sources with average energy higher than 50 keV: report of the AAPM and ESTRO.

scientific article published in May 2012

Dosimetric characteristics of a new unit for electronic skin brachytherapy

scientific article published on 19 February 2014

Dosimetric characteristics of backscattered electrons in lead

scientific article published in July 2000

Dosimetric characteristics of the CDC-type miniature cylindrical 137Cs brachytherapy sources

scientific article published in April 2002

Dosimetric characterization of Ir-192 LDR elongated sources

scientific article published on 01 March 2008

Dosimetric characterization of two radium sources for retrospective dosimetry studies.

scientific article published on May 2015

Dosimetric evaluation of internal shielding in a high dose rate skin applicator.

scientific article published on 31 March 2011

Dosimetric perturbations of a lead shield for surface and interstitial high-dose-rate brachytherapy.

scientific article published on 4 April 2014

Dosimetric study of the 15 mm ROPES eye plaque

scientific article published in December 2004

Dosimetry characteristics of the Plus and 12i Gammamed PDR 192Ir sources

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

Dosimetry comparison between TG-43 and Monte Carlo calculations using the Freiburg flap for skin high-dose-rate brachytherapy.

scientific article published on 5 January 2012

Dosimetry revisited for the HDR 192Ir brachytherapy source model mHDR-v2

scientific article published on 01 January 2011

Equivalent phantom sizes and shapes for brachytherapy dosimetric studies of Ir192 and Cs137.

scientific article published on November 2008

Erratum: "TG-43 U1 based dosimetric characterization of model 67-6520 Cs-137 brachytherapy source"

scientific article published on 01 November 2012

Evaluation of high-energy brachytherapy source electronic disequilibrium and dose from emitted electrons

scientific article published in September 2009

Evaluation of lens absorbed dose with Cone Beam IGRT procedures

scientific article published on 12 October 2015

Evaluation of the shielding in a treatment room with an electronic brachytherapy unit

scientific article published on 02 March 2017

Evidence for stopping in heavy-ion collisions from a study of hard-photon source velocities

scientific article published on 01 March 1994

Exclusive MRI-based tandem and colpostats reconstruction in gynaecological brachytherapy treatment planning

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Fetal dose measurements and shielding efficiency assessment in a custom setup of (192)Ir brachytherapy for a pregnant woman with breast cancer.

scientific article published on 10 February 2015

Fitted dosimetric parameters of high dose-rate 192Ir sources according to the AAPM TG43 formalism

scientific article published on 01 April 2001

Folding model analysis of 32S + 32S elastic scattering at 70, 90, 97.09, 120 and 160 MeV

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GEC-ESTRO ACROP recommendations on calibration and traceability of LE-LDR photon-emitting brachytherapy sources at the hospital level

scientific article published on 21 March 2019

I-125 seed calibration using the SeedSelectron(®) afterloader: a practical solution to fulfill AAPM-ESTRO recommendations

scientific article published on 30 March 2012

Importance of one- and two-body dissipation at intermediate energies studied by hard photons

scientific article published on 01 February 1996

Influence of photon energy spectra from brachytherapy sources on Monte Carlo simulations of kerma and dose rates in water and air.

scientific article published on February 2010

Influence of the non-homogeneity of Ir-192 wires in calibration of well chambers

scientific article published in December 2003

Investigation of pion absorption in heavy-ion induced subthreshold pi 0 production

scientific article published on 01 February 1993

Limitations of the TG-43 formalism for skin high-dose-rate brachytherapy dose calculations

scientific article published on 01 February 2014

Monte Carlo and experimental derivation of TG43 dosimetric parameters for CSM-type Cs-137 sources

scientific article published in January 2005

Monte Carlo calculation of dose rate distributions around 192Ir wires

scientific article published on 01 August 1997

Monte Carlo calculation of dose rate distributions around the Walstam CDC.K-type 137Cs sources

scientific article published on 01 July 2001

Monte Carlo calculation of the TG-43 dosimetric parameters of a new BEBIG Ir-192 HDR source

scientific article published in July 2005

Monte Carlo calculations of dose rate distributions around the Amersham CDCS-M-type 137Cs source

scientific article published in January 2000

Monte Carlo dosimetric characterization of the Cs-137 selectron/LDR source: evaluation of applicator attenuation and superposition approximation effects

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Monte Carlo dosimetric study of best industries and Alpha Omega Ir-192 brachytherapy seeds

scientific article published in December 2004

Monte Carlo dosimetric study of the BEBIG Co-60 HDR source

scientific article published on 12 October 2005

Monte Carlo dosimetric study of the medium dose rate CSM40 source.

scientific article published on 18 September 2013

Monte Carlo dosimetry of the Buchler high dose rate 192Ir source

scientific article published on 01 March 2001

Monte Carlo evaluation of kerma in an HDR brachytherapy bunker

scientific article published on 01 December 2004

Monte Carlo study of the dose rate distributions for the Ir2.A85-2 and Ir2.A85-1 Ir-192 afterloading sources

scientific article published in April 2008

Peripheral dose around a mobile linac for intraoperative radiotherapy: radiation protection aspects

scientific article published on 02 October 2018

Phantom size in brachytherapy source dosimetric studies

scientific article published in July 2004

QA of dynamic MLC based on EPID portal dosimetry

scientific article published on 23 July 2011

Radiation leakage study for the Valencia applicators

scientific article published on 09 December 2011

Radiation transmission data for radionuclides and materials relevant to brachytherapy facility shielding

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Reply to "comment on 'correspondence factor for Nucletron surface applicators'"

scientific article published on 01 April 2012

Response to "Comment on 'Comparison and uncertainty evaluation of different calibration protocols and ionization chambers for low-energy surface brachytherapy dosimetry' " [Med. Phys. 42, 4954-4964 (2015)].

scientific article published in April 2016

Review of clinical brachytherapy uncertainties: analysis guidelines of GEC-ESTRO and the AAPM

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Study of encapsulated 170Tm sources for their potential use in brachytherapy

scientific article published on 01 April 2010

TG-43 U1 based dosimetric characterization of model 67-6520 Cs-137 brachytherapy source

scientific article published in October 2009

Technical Note: Dosimetry of Leipzig and Valencia applicators without the plastic cap

scientific article published on 01 May 2016

Technical note: Dosimetric study of a new Co-60 source used in brachytherapy

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Technical note: Monte Carlo derivation of TG-43 dosimetric parameters for radiation therapy resources and 3M Cs-137 sources

scientific article published in August 2005

Technical note: Monte-Carlo dosimetry of the HDR 12i and Plus 192Ir sources

scientific article published on 01 December 2001

Technical note: fitted dosimetric parameters of high dose-rate 192Ir sources according to the AAPM TG43 formalism

scientific article published on 01 April 2003

Technique for routine output verification of Leipzig applicators with a well chamber

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

The use of nomograms in LDR-HDR prostate brachytherapy.

scientific article published on 30 September 2011