Monte Carlo dosimetric characterization of a new high dose rate

Autor: Gabriel, Famulari, Haydee M, Linares Rosales, Justine, Dupere, David C, Medich, Luc, Beaulieu, Shirin A, Enger
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Medical physicsReferences. 47(9)
ISSN: 2473-4209
Popis: A prototypeThe TG-43U1 dosimetric parameters were calculated for the source model using RapidBrachyMCTPS. Real-time dose rate measurements were performed in a water tank for both the bare/shielded source using a custom remote afterloader. For each dwell position, the dose rate was independently measured by the three scintillators (BCF-10, BCF-12, and BCF-60). For the bare source, dose rate was measured at distances up to 3 cm away from the source over a range of 7 cm along the catheter. For the shielded source, measurements were performed with the mPSD placed at 1 cm from the source at four different azimuthal angles (The dosimetric parameters were tabulated for the source model. For the bare source, differences between measured and calculated along-away dose rates were generally below 5-10%. Along the transverse axis, deviations were, on average (range), 3.3% (0.6-6.2%) for BCF-10, 1.7% (0.9-2.9%) for BCF-12, and 2.2% (0.3-4.4%) for BCF-60. The maximum dose rate reduction due to shielding at a radial distance of 1 cm was 88.8 ± 1.2%, compared to 83.5 ± 0.5% as calculated by MC.The dose distribution for the bare/shielded
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