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

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作者：
Granero, D. [3 ]
Perez-Calatayud, J. [3 ]
Ballester, F. [1 ,2 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Valencia, Dept Atom Mol & Nucl Phys, CSIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain
[2] Univ Valencia, IFIC, E-46100 Burjassot, Spain
[3] La Fe Univ Hosp, Dept Radiat Oncol, Phys Sect, E-46009 Valencia, Spain
来源：
MEDICAL PHYSICS | 2008年 / 35卷 / 04期
关键词：
HDR; PDR; Ir-192; dosimetry; brachytherapy; Monte Carlo;
D O I：
10.1118/1.2868766
中图分类号：
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号：
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要：
The two most commonly used modalities of cancer treatment in clinical brachytherapy practice today are high dose rate (HDR) and pulsed dose rate (PDR) brachytherapy. In a clinical treatment, quality dose rate distribution data sets of the brachytherapy sources are required for each source model. The purpose of this study is to obtain detailed dose rate distributions around the new BEBIG HDR and PDR Ir-192 brachytherapy sources. These distributions will then be used as input data in the treatment planning systems dedicated to brachytherapy and its calculations can be verified. The Monte Carlo method was used to obtain the dose rate distributions around the sources studied, taking into account the AAPM-ESTRO recent recommendations. A complete dosimetric data set for the BEBIG Ir-192 HDR and PDR sources, types Ir2.A85-2 and Ir2.A85-1, were obtained. This dosimetric data set is composed of the TG-43 dosimetric functions and parameters and along-away dose rate table to facilitate quality control of treatment planning systems. (C) 2008 American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
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