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Surface dose rate calibration of Sr‐90 plane ophthalmic applicators
Author(s) -
Goetsch Steven J.,
Sunderland Kari S.
Publication year - 1991
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 - 10.1118/1.596702
Subject(s) - calibration , dosimetry , dose rate , surface (topology) , optics , plane (geometry) , nuclear medicine , materials science , medical physics , physics , medicine , mathematics , geometry , quantum mechanics
Calibration of an imported strontium‐90 ophthalmic applicator at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Standards and Technology) has disclosed a significant discrepancy in dose rate calibration (32%–35%) with that quoted by the manufacturer. The University of Wisconsin has investigated this discrepancy and found that both laboratories use similar techniques and a version of the Bragg–Gray equation to yield dose rate estimates. Experimental results indicate a strong relationship between the size of the collecting electrode used in the extrapolation chamber and the resulting estimate of absorbed dose rate. Calibration of these applicators is reviewed and suggestions for improvement and further research are proposed.