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SU‐GG‐T‐362: Is Distance‐Dependent Energy Correction Needed for Dosimetric Measurements Surrounding Brachytherapy Sources?

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Song, H; Oldham, M; Yin, F
Published in: Medical Physics
January 1, 2010

Purpose: The answer depends on both the dosimeter's energy response and energy spectrum at distance (point of measurement) from the source. The latter is object of this study. Method and Materials: The spectra in water were calculated with Monte Carlo code MCNP5. The source point was centered within a spherical water medium, divided into concentric spherical shells of various thickness. The f4 fluence tally of MCNP, with fine energy bins, was used to register photon energy spectrum in thin shells (0.01 cm thick) centered at radii 0.2, 0.5, 1, 2, 3, …9 and 10 cm. One million particles were used for each MCNP run, to achieve good statistical uncertainty. Seven commonly used brachytherapy sources were studied: 60Co (Eavg;=1.25 MeV), 137Cs (.615 MeV), 198Au (.406 MeV), 192Ir (.372 MeV), 131Cs (.0304 MeV), 125I (.0274 MeV), and 103Pd (.0207 MeV). Results: For high energy sources: 60Co, 137Cs, 198Au, and 192Ir, the average energy has all decreased by about 50% at radius 10 cm. For low energy sources: 31Cs, 125I, and 103Pd, the average energy does not decrease with radius. For 103Pd, the average energy increases from 21 keV at radius 0.2 cm to 30 keV at 10 cm. The beam hardening effect with 21Pd is due to its two high energy photons: 39.8 keV and 42.5 keV, whose intensity increases substantially at 10 cm relative to that of the dominant 20.1 and 22.7 keV photons. Due to space limit, other spectral details will not be discussed in this abstract. Conclusions: Within10 cm range, the three low energy sources have demonstrated hardening of energy spectrum. For the four high energy sources, the energy spectrum all softens but the average energy is still higher than 100 keV, which may often justify a distance‐independent energy dependence correction for the whole measurement range. © 2010, American Association of Physicists in Medicine. All rights reserved.

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Medical Physics

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0094-2405

Publication Date

January 1, 2010

Volume

37

Issue

6

Start / End Page

3269

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • 5105 Medical and biological physics
  • 4003 Biomedical engineering
  • 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences
 

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Song, H., Oldham, M., & Yin, F. (2010). SU‐GG‐T‐362: Is Distance‐Dependent Energy Correction Needed for Dosimetric Measurements Surrounding Brachytherapy Sources? In Medical Physics (Vol. 37, p. 3269). https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3468759
Song, H., M. Oldham, and F. Yin. “SU‐GG‐T‐362: Is Distance‐Dependent Energy Correction Needed for Dosimetric Measurements Surrounding Brachytherapy Sources?” In Medical Physics, 37:3269, 2010. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3468759.
Song, H., et al. “SU‐GG‐T‐362: Is Distance‐Dependent Energy Correction Needed for Dosimetric Measurements Surrounding Brachytherapy Sources?Medical Physics, vol. 37, no. 6, 2010, p. 3269. Scopus, doi:10.1118/1.3468759.

Published In

Medical Physics

DOI

ISSN

0094-2405

Publication Date

January 1, 2010

Volume

37

Issue

6

Start / End Page

3269

Related Subject Headings

  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • 5105 Medical and biological physics
  • 4003 Biomedical engineering
  • 1112 Oncology and Carcinogenesis
  • 0903 Biomedical Engineering
  • 0299 Other Physical Sciences