Dosimetry of 192Ir wires for LDR interstitial brachytherapy following the AAPM TG-43 dosimetric formalism

Karaiskos, P; Papagiannis, P; Angelopoulos, A; Sakelliou, L; Baltas, D; Sandilos, P; Vlachos, L

dc.contributor.author	Karaiskos, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Papagiannis, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Angelopoulos, A	en
dc.contributor.author	Sakelliou, L	en
dc.contributor.author	Baltas, D	en
dc.contributor.author	Sandilos, P	en
dc.contributor.author	Vlachos, L	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T01:16:26Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T01:16:26Z
dc.date.issued	2001	en
dc.identifier.issn	0094-2405	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/14047
dc.subject	192Ir	en
dc.subject	Brachytherapy	en
dc.subject	Dosimetry	en
dc.subject	Monte Carlo	en
dc.subject	Sievert	en
dc.subject	Wires	en
dc.subject.classification	Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging	en
dc.subject.other	iridium 192	en
dc.subject.other	iridium	en
dc.subject.other	anisotropy	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	dose response	en
dc.subject.other	dosimetry	en
dc.subject.other	interstitial radiation	en
dc.subject.other	low energy radiation	en
dc.subject.other	mathematical model	en
dc.subject.other	medical society	en
dc.subject.other	priority journal	en
dc.subject.other	system analysis	en
dc.subject.other	biometry	en
dc.subject.other	biophysics	en
dc.subject.other	brachytherapy	en
dc.subject.other	computer assisted radiotherapy	en
dc.subject.other	human	en
dc.subject.other	instrumentation	en
dc.subject.other	methodology	en
dc.subject.other	Monte Carlo method	en
dc.subject.other	radiation scattering	en
dc.subject.other	statistics	en
dc.subject.other	Anisotropy	en
dc.subject.other	Biometry	en
dc.subject.other	Biophysics	en
dc.subject.other	Brachytherapy	en
dc.subject.other	Humans	en
dc.subject.other	Iridium Radioisotopes	en
dc.subject.other	Monte Carlo Method	en
dc.subject.other	Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted	en
dc.subject.other	Scattering, Radiation	en
dc.title	Dosimetry of 192Ir wires for LDR interstitial brachytherapy following the AAPM TG-43 dosimetric formalism	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1118/1.1339885	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.1339885	en
heal.language	English	en
heal.publicationDate	2001	en
heal.abstract	Implementation of the AAPM Task Group 43 dosimetric formalism for Ir-192 wires used as interstitial sources in low dose-rate (LDR) brachytherapy applications is investigated. Geometry factors, dose-rate constant values, radial dose functions, and anisotropy functions, utilized in this formalism, were calculated for various lengths of all commercially available wire source designs by means of a well-established Monte Carlo simulation code and an improved modification of the Sievert integral method. Results are presented in the form of look up tables that allow interpolation for dose-rate calculations around all practically used wire lengths, with accuracy acceptable for clinical applications. (C) 2001 American Association of Physicists in Medicine.	en
heal.publisher	AMER INST PHYSICS	en
heal.journalName	Medical Physics	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1118/1.1339885	en
dc.identifier.isi	ISI:000167031600007	en
dc.identifier.volume	28	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	156	en
dc.identifier.epage	166	en