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Monte Carlo and experimental derivation of TG43 dosimetric parameters for CSM‐type Cs‐137 sources
Author(s) -
PérezCalatayud J.,
Granero D.,
Casal E.,
Ballester F.,
Puchades V.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.1834835
Subject(s) - monte carlo method , dosimetry , physics , anisotropy , formalism (music) , brachytherapy , computational physics , nuclear medicine , optics , mathematics , statistics , radiation therapy , medicine , art , musical , visual arts
In this study, complete dosimetric datasets for the CSM2 and CSM3 Cs‐137 sources were obtained using the Monte Carlo GEANT4 code. The application of this calculation method was experimentally validated with thermoluminescent dosimetry (TLD). Functions and parameters following the TG43 formalism are presented: the dose rate constant, the radial dose functional, and the anisotropy function. In addition, to aid the quality control process on treatment planning systems, a two‐dimensional (2D) rectangular dose rate table (the traditional along‐away table), coherent with the TG43 dose calculation formalism, is given. The data given in this study complement existing information for both sources on the following aspects: (i) the source asymmetries were considered explicitly in the Monte Carlo calculations, (ii) TG43 data were derived directly from Monte Carlo calculations, (iii) the radial range of the different tables was increased as well as the angular resolution in the anisotropy function, including angles close to the longitudinal source axis. The CSM2 source TG‐43 data of Liu et al. [Med. Phys. 31, 477–483 (2004)] are not consistent with the Williamson 2D along‐away data [Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol., Phys. 15, 227–237 (1988)] at distances closer than approximately 2 cm from the source. The data presented here for this source are consistent with this 2D along‐away table, and are suitable for use in clinical practice.