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Monte Carlo calculation of dose rate distributions around 0.5 and 0.6 mm in diameter 192Ir wires
Jose Perez-calatayudVicente CarmonaC. HernándezFacundo BallesterFrançoise Llisosubject
Materials scienceLiquid watermedicine.medical_treatmentMonte Carlo methodBrachytherapyGeneral MedicineSievertComputational physicsAttenuation coefficientmedicineDosimetryStatistical physicsBenchmark dataDose ratedescription
Monte Carlo simulations of absolute dose rate in liquid water are presented in the form of away-along tables for 1 and 5 cm 192 Ir wires of 0.5 and 0.6 mm diameter. Simulated absolute dose rate values can be used as benchmark data to verify the calculation results of treatment planning systems or directly as input data for treatment planning. Best fit value of an attenuation coefficient suitable for use in Sievert integral-type calculations has been derived based on Monte Carlo simulation results. For the treatment planning systems that are based on the TG43 formalism we have also computed the required dosimetry parameters.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-03-01 | Medical Physics |