Published 1976 | Version v1
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Assessment of skin dose and dose build-up in 60CO and 137Cs beam therapy using LiF and Li2B4O7 thermoluminescent dosimeters

Creators

  • 1. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Bombay (India). Div. of Radiation Protection

Description

LiF and Li2B4O7 dosimeters in the phosphor form were employed for the purpose of studying the dose gradient in the build-up region for Co60 and Cs137 teletherapy beams. The variation of skin dose with the change of position with respect to skin of the secondary electron filter generally used to reduce the electron contamination has been investigated for various field sizes of Co60. The relative magnitude of skin dose for different modes of irradiation with beam limiting cones and diaphragms has been investigated for Cs137 teletherapy unit. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre.
Imprint Place
Bombay
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the national symposium on thermoluminescence and its applications, Kalpakkam, February 12-15, 1975
Imprint Pagination
p. 494-503.

Conference

Title
National symposium on thermoluminescence and its applications.
Dates
12 Feb 1975.
Place
Kalpakkam, India.

INIS

Country of Publication
India
Country of Input or Organization
India
INIS RN
8296577
Subject category
S61: RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
BUILDUP; CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; DOSIMETRY; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN; SPATIAL DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BODY; CESIUM ISOTOPES; COBALT ISOTOPES; DOSEMETERS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTO; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MEDICINE; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; ORGANS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; THERAPY; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES