Dosimetry parameters of the IRH10 192Ir high dose rate brachytherapy source.
The dosimetry parameters of the IRH10 (192)Ir high dose rate brachytherapy source were obtained from the dose calculation formalism recommended in the AAPM Task Group No. 43 report using the Monte Carlo code PENELOPE. The absorbed doses to water and air originating from the photons of the IRH10 (192)Ir brachytherapy source were calculated by the collision kerma approximation. The dose rate constant was evaluated to be (1.110 +/- 0.011) cGy/h U(-1). The dose rate per unit air kerma strength around the (192)Ir IRH10 brachytherapy source and the anisotropy function were given in tables and figures.
Center for Ionizing Radiation, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Yuseong-Gu, Daejeon, Korea. cyyi@kriss.re.kr
Chul-Young
CY
Yi
Kook Jin
KJ
Chun
Suck-Ho
SH
Hah
Hyun-Moon
HM
Kim
Chunil
C
Lim
D000388:Air; D016880:Anisotropy; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017785:Photons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011874:Radiometry / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D014867:Water
D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes; D014867:Water