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Determination of air kerma standard of high dose rate 192Ir brachytherapy source

Creators

  • 1. Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil). Lab. de Ciencias Radiologicas
  • 2. Instituto de Radioprotecao e Dosimetria (IRD/CNEN-RJ), Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)

Description

This paper presents the methodology developed by the Laboratorio de Ciencias Radiologicas and presently in use for determining of the air kerma standard of 192Ir high dose rate sources to calibrate well-type chambers. Uncertainty analysis involving the measurements procedure are presented. (author)

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Additional titles

Original title (Portuguese)
Determinacao da taxa de kerma no ar de referencia para 192Ir de alta taxa de dose para braquiterapia

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
4 p.
Report number
INIS-BR--16426

Conference

Title
2. Brazilian congress on metrology of ionizing radiations
Acronym
CMRI 2015
Dates
29 Nov - 4 Dec 2015
Place
Bento Goncalves, RS (Brazil)

INIS

Country of Publication
Brazil
Country of Input or Organization
Brazil
INIS RN
47080164
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
AIR; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAZILIAN ORGANIZATIONS; CALIBRATION STANDARDS; DATA COVARIANCES; DOSE RATES; IRIDIUM 192; KERMA
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; FLUIDS; GASES; HEAVY NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES; IRIDIUM ISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MEDICINE; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; RADIOISOTOPES; RADIOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; STANDARDS; THERAPY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES