Mechanical damage to small spherical137Cs sources in a pneumatically operated remote afterloading brachytherapy unit
| Autor: | P M K Leung |
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| Rok vydání: | 1983 |
| Předmět: |
chemistry.chemical_classification
Materials science Equipment Safety Radiological and Ultrasound Technology medicine.medical_treatment Brachytherapy fungi Mechanical impact technology industry and agriculture Iron alloys Pellets Polymer Materials testing Impact test chemistry Cesium Radioisotopes medicine Safety Equipment Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Composite material |
| Zdroj: | Physics in Medicine and Biology. 28:185-188 |
| ISSN: | 1361-6560 0031-9155 |
| DOI: | 10.1088/0031-9155/28/2/008 |
| Popis: | Commercial units already on the market use steel spacer pellets so that non-magnetic active sources can be separated at the end of the treatment using the magnetic property of these pellets. Since these sources are constantly under mechanical impact during transport, their mechanical endurance in the author's system is investigated. Experiments were performed under controlled conditions using two types of spacer pellets, steel and nylon. The results indicate that spacers of nylon or a similar material should be used. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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