title: On absorbed dose in narrow 60Co gamma-ray beams and dosimetry of the gamma knife.
abstract: Using separate analytical functions describing primary dose, P0(dm,r), collimator scatter, Sc(r), and phantom scatter, TAR(d,r), an expression for absorbed dose in narrow 60Co gamma-ray beams is developed and each function is quantified: D(d,r) = P0(dm,r) Sc(r) TAR(d,r). The absorbed dose is calculated in beams as narrow as 0.2 cm in radius. Analytical and experimental results are compared using measured dose data for the Gamma Knife. Close agreement with experimental data is observed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA. pnizin@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Nizin
mesh_terms: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005720:Gamma Rays / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011874:Radiometry; D016634:Radiosurgery; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes