<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">With increased demand for low 103Pd (palladium) seed sources, to treat prostate and eye cancers, new sources have been designed and introduced. This article presents the two new palladium brachytherapy sources, IR03-103Pd and IR04-103Pd that have been developed at <italic>Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute</italic>. The dosimetry parameters such as the dose rate constant Λ, the radial dose function <italic>g(r)</italic>, and the anisotropy function <italic>F(r,θ)</italic>, around the sources have been characterized using Version 5 Monte Carlo radiation transport code in accordance with the update AAPM Task Group No. 43 report (TG-43U1). The results indicated the dose rate constant of 0.689±0.02 and 0.667±0.02 cGy h-1 U-1 for the IR03-103Pd and IR04-103Pd sources respectively, which are in acceptable agreement with other commercial seeds. The calculated results were compared with published results for those of other source manufacturers. However, they show an acceptable dose distribution, using for clinical applications is pending experimental dosimetry.</abstract>

With increased demand for low 103Pd (palladium) seed sources, to treat prostate and eye cancers, new sources have been designed and introduced. This article presents the two new palladium brachytherapy sources, IR03-103Pd and IR04-103Pd that have been developed at Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute. The dosimetry parameters such as the dose rate constant Λ, the radial dose function g(r), and the anisotropy function F(r,θ), around the sources have been characterized using Version 5 Monte Carlo radiation transport code in accordance with the update AAPM Task Group No. 43 report (TG-43U1). The results indicated the dose rate constant of 0.689±0.02 and 0.667±0.02 cGy h-1 U-1 for the IR03-103Pd and IR04-103Pd sources respectively, which are in acceptable agreement with other commercial seeds. The calculated results were compared with published results for those of other source manufacturers. However, they show an acceptable dose distribution, using for clinical applications is pending experimental dosimetry.

Dosimetry of two new interstitial brachytherapy sources

Department of Nuclear Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

Agricultural, Medical & Industrial Research School, Nuclear Science and Technology Research Institute, P.O. Box 31485/498, Karaj, Tehran, Iran

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering

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With increased demand for low 103Pd (palladium) seed sources, to treat prostate and eye cancers, new sources have been designed and introduced. This article...

Dosimetry of two new interstitial brachytherapy sources

Published Online: Mar 20, 2012

Page range: 129 - 141

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10013-011-0013-4

Keywords
Monte Carlo calculation, brachytherapy, TG-43U1, MCNP5, Pd

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Dosimetry of two new interstitial brachytherapy sources

Published Online: Mar 20, 2012

Page range: 129 - 141

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10013-011-0013-4

KeywordsMonte Carlo calculation, brachytherapy, TG-43U1, MCNP5, Pd

This content is open access.

Keywords
Monte Carlo calculation, brachytherapy, TG-43U1, MCNP5, Pd