Technical note: Monte-Carlo dosimetry of the HDR 12i and Plus 192Ir sources

F Ballester; V Puchades; J L Lluch; M A Serrano-Andrés; Y Limami; J Pérez-Calatayud; E Casal

doi:10.1118/1.1420398

Technical note: Monte-Carlo dosimetry of the HDR 12i and Plus 192Ir sources

Med Phys. 2001 Dec;28(12):2586-91. doi: 10.1118/1.1420398.

Authors

F Ballester¹, V Puchades, J L Lluch, M A Serrano-Andrés, Y Limami, J Pérez-Calatayud, E Casal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics (University of Valencia) and Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC), Burjassot, Spain. Facundo.Ballester@uv.es

PMID: 11797964
DOI: 10.1118/1.1420398

Abstract

In this study a complete set of dosimetric data for the GammaMed high dose rate (HDR) 12i and Plus 192Ir sources are presented. These data have been calculated by means of the Monte Carlo simulation code GEANT3. Absolute dose rate distributions in water are presented as conventional two dimensional (2D) Cartesian look-up tables, and in the TG43 formalism.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Anisotropy
Biophysical Phenomena
Biophysics
Brachytherapy / instrumentation*
Iridium Radioisotopes / therapeutic use*
Monte Carlo Method
Radiometry / methods*
Water

Substances

Iridium Radioisotopes
Water