Open AccessExperimental determination of radial dose function and anisotropy function of GammaMed Plus 192Ir high-dose-rate brachytherapy source in a bounded water phantom and its comparison with egs_brachy Monte Carlo simulation
Author(s) -
Rekha Reddy Buchapudi,
M Ravikumar,
Varatharaj Chandaraj
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical physics/journal of medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3913
pISSN - 0971-6203
DOI - 10.4103/jmp.jmp_60_19
Subject(s) - imaging phantom , brachytherapy , thermoluminescent dosimeter , dosimetry , physics , task group , monte carlo method , dosimeter , nuclear medicine , bounded function , mathematics , optics , mathematical analysis , medicine , radiation therapy , statistics , radiology , engineering management , engineering
The aim of the present study is to experimentally measure the radial dose function g(r) and anisotropy function F(r,θ) of GammaMed Plus 192 Ir high-dose-rate source in a bounded water phantom using thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) and film dosimetry and compare the obtained results with egs_brachy Monte Carlo (MC)-calculated values for the same geometry.