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Monte Carlo dosimetric study of the BEBIG Co-60 HDR source

E. CasalDomingo GraneroFacundo BallesterS AgramuntJ. Pérez-calatayudR Cases

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Radiological and Ultrasound TechnologyPhantoms ImagingComputer scienceRadiotherapy Planning Computer-AssistedBrachytherapyMonte Carlo methodWaterRadiotherapy DosageHigh-Dose Rate BrachytherapyMonte carlo codeAnisotropyHumansRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingCobalt RadioisotopesRadiometryRadiation treatment planningDose rateMonte Carlo MethodAlgorithmSoftwareSimulation

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Although not as widespread as Ir-192, Co-60 is also available on afterloading equipment devoted to high dose rate brachytherapy, mainly addressed to the treatment of gynaecological lesions. The purpose of this study is to obtain the dosimetric parameters of the Co-60 source used by the BEBIG MultiSource remote afterloader (BEBIG GmbH, Germany) for which there are no dosimetric data available in the literature. The Monte Carlo code GEANT4 has been used to obtain the TG43 parameters and the 2D dose rate table in Cartesian coordinates of the BEBIG Co-60 HDR source. The dose rate constant, radial dose function and anisotropy function have been calculated and are presented in a tabular form as well as a detailed 2D dose rate table in Cartesian coordinates. These dosimetric datasets can be used as input data and to validate the treatment planning system calculations.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2005-10-21Physics in Medicine and Biology
https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/50/21/n03