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Comparison of measured and calculated dose distributions around an iridium‐192 wire
Author(s) -
Gillin M. T.,
Lopez F.,
Kline R. W.,
Grimm D. F.,
NiroomandRad A.
Publication year - 1988
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 - 10.1118/1.596175
Subject(s) - iridium , physics , optics , materials science , computational physics , chemistry , biochemistry , catalysis
The relative dose distribution around a 5.0‐cm‐long piece of 1 9 2 Ir wire has been measured using LiF chips. Measurements were made at distances of 0.25 to 5.0 cm away from the source and distances of 0.0 to 4.0 cm along the source. In addition, measurements were also made at several distances along the axis of the source. Attention was paid to the errors associated with these measurements. A comparison was made between a commercial software program, isodos , an analytical solution to the Sievert integral, and the measurements. Good agreement was obtained at distances along and away from the source. Major disagreements were found at points along the source axis.