DOSIMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A NEW HIGH-INTENSITY IR-192 SOURCE FOR REMOTE AFTERLOADING

Authors
MEIGOONI AS KLEIMAN MT JOHNSON JL MAZLOOMDOOST D IBBOTT GS
Citation
As. Meigooni et al., DOSIMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF A NEW HIGH-INTENSITY IR-192 SOURCE FOR REMOTE AFTERLOADING, Medical physics, 24(12), 1997, pp. 2008-2013
Citations number
17
Journal title
Medical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00942405
Volume
24
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2008 - 2013
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-2405(1997)24:12<2008:DCOANH>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A new high-intensity Ir-192 source has recently become commercially av ailable for remote afterloading brachytherapy treatment. The dosimetri c characteristics (dose rate constant, radial dose function, and aniso tropy function) of this source were experimentally determined through the application of AAPM Task Group 43 recommendations. Complete dosime tric data are presented in this manuscript. (C) 1997 American Associat ion of Physicists in Medicine.