title: Activity distribution of a cobalt-60 teletherapy source.
abstract: In the course of quantifying the effect of radiation source size on the spatial resolution of portal images, a concentric ring structure in the activity distribution of a Cobalt-60 teletherapy source has been observed. The activity distribution was measured using a strip integral technique and confirmed independently by a contact radiograph of an identical but inactive source replica. These two techniques suggested that this concentric ring structure is due to the packing configuration of the small 60Co pellets that constitute the source. The source modulation transfer function (MTF) showed that this ring structure has a negligible influence on the spatial resolution of therapy images when compared to the effect of the large size of the 60Co source.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Jaffray
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Munro
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Battista
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fenster
mesh_terms: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D011867:Radioisotope Teletherapy; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes