title: Technical note: Dosimetric study of a new Co-60 source used in brachytherapy.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to obtain the dosimetric parameters of a new Co-60 source used in high dose rate brachytherapy and manufactured by BEBIG (Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG GmbH, Germany). The Monte Carlo method has been used to obtain the dose rate distribution in the updated TG-43U1 formalism of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. In addition, to aid the quality control process on treatment planning systems (TPS), a two-dimensional rectangular dose rate table, coherent with the TG-43U1 dose calculation formalism, is given. These dosimetric data sets can be used as input data of the TPS calculations and to validate them.
authors.affiliation: Physics Section, Radiation Oncology Department, La Fe University Hospital, Avenida Campanar 21, E46009 Valencia, Spain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Granero
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pérez-Calatayud
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ballester
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D009502:Neutrons; D017785:Photons; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
chemical_list: D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes