Published July 2010 | Version v1
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Dosimetry parameters of the IRH10 192Ir high dose rate brachytherapy source

Creators

  • 1. Center for Ionizing Radiation, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Daejeon (Korea, Republic of)
  • 2. Radiation Safety Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The dosimetry parameters of the IRH10 192Ir high dose rate brachytherapy source were obtained from the dose calculation formalism recommended in the AAPM Task Group No. 43 report using the Monte Carlo code PENELOPE. The absorbed doses to water and air originating from the photons of the IRH10 192Ir brachytherapy source were calculated by the collision kerma approximation. The dose rate constant was evaluated to be (1.110 ± 0.011) cGy/h U-1. The dose rate per unit air kerma strength around the 192Ir IRH10 brachytherapy source and the anisotropy function were given in tables and figures. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1269/jrr.09102

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1269/jrr.09102;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Radiation Research
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
4
Journal Page Range
p. 485-492
ISSN
0449-3060

INIS

Country of Publication
Japan
Country of Input or Organization
Japan
INIS RN
42005180
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Descriptors DEI
AIR; ANISOTROPY; APPROXIMATIONS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COLLISIONS; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DOSE RATES; DOSIMETRY; IRIDIUM 192; KERMA; MONTE CARLO METHOD; P CODES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION SOURCES
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CALCULATION METHODS; COMPUTER CODES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; DOSES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUIDS; GASES; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IRIDIUM ISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; SIMULATION; THERAPY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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Notes
31 refs., 6 figs., 5 tabs.