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Experimental verification of cesium brachytherapy line source emission using a semiconductor detector

Author(s) -

Metcalfe Peter E.

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 - 10.1118/1.596183

Subject(s) - dosimetry , detector , radioactive source , caesium , brachytherapy , semiconductor detector , line source , diode , nuclear medicine , line (geometry) , optics , materials science , medical physics , physics , optoelectronics , nuclear physics , medicine , radiation therapy , radiology , geometry , mathematics

Described is an experimental verification technique for cesium brachytherapy line source emission. The dose rate levels produced by a line source algorithm are compared with measurements taken around J‐series stainless‐steel sheathed cesium sources with a p ‐type semiconductor diode detector. Further study of isodensity contours is undertaken using a film dosimetry technique. The errors involved in using these techniques are assessed.

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