title: Experimental measurements and Monte Carlo calculations of dosimetric parameters of the IRA1-103Pd brachytherapy source.
abstract: This work presents a brachytherapy source having (103)Pd adsorbed onto a cylindrical silver rod that has been developed by Agricultural, Medical and Industrial Research School for permanent implant applications. Dosimetric characteristics (dose-rate constant, radial dose function, anisotropy function and anisotropy factor) of this source were experimentally and theoretically determined in terms of the updated AAPM Task Group 43 (TG-43U1) recommendations. Measurements were performed using TLD-GR200A circular chip dosimeters using standard methods employing thermoluminescent dosimeters in a Perspex phantom. Precision machined bores in the phantom located dosimeters and source in a reproducible fixed geometry providing for transverse-axis and angular dose profiles over a range of distances from 0.5 to 5 cm. The Monte Carlo N-Particle (MCNP) code, version 4C was used to evaluate the dose-rate distributions around this model (103)Pd source in water and Perspex phantoms. The Monte Carlo calculated dose-rate constant of the IRA1-(103)Pd source in water was found equal to Lambda=0.669 cGy/h/U with approximate uncertainties of +/-0.1%. The anisotropy function, F(r, theta), and the radial dose function, g(L)(r), of the IRA1-(103)Pd source were also measured in Perspex phantom and calculated in both Perspex and liquid water phantom.
authors.affiliation: Isotopes Research Group, Agricultural, Medical and Industrial Research School, P.O. Box 31485-498, Karaj, Iran. msadeghi@nrcam.org
authors.forename: Mahdi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sadeghi
authors.forename: S Hamed
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Hosseini
authors.forename: Gholamreza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Raisali
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D010165:Palladium / Q000032:analysis* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011829:Radiation Dosage; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D013819:Thermoluminescent Dosimetry / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D011868:Radioisotopes; D010165:Palladium