2008
Ice as a water-equivalent solid medium for brachytherapy dosimetric measurements
Song H, Chen Z, Yue N, Wu Q, Yin FF. Ice as a water-equivalent solid medium for brachytherapy dosimetric measurements. Radiation And Environmental Biophysics 2008, 48: 145-151. PMID: 19066926, DOI: 10.1007/s00411-008-0205-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSolid phantomWater conversion factorNon-negligible uncertaintiesMono-energetic photonsPrecise positioningLow-energy photon-emitting brachytherapy sourcesChemical compositionBrachytherapy sourcesPositioning advantageDosimetric measurementsExperimental determinationNecessary precisionDosimetric characteristicsPhantomIceBrachytherapy dosimetryPositioningConversion factorPhotonsUncertaintyKeV
2006
SU‐FF‐T‐90: An Improved Irradiation Setup for An Accurate Measurement of the Dose Rate Constant of Low‐Energy Brachytherapy Sources Using Micro‐TLD Cubes
Chen Z, Deng J, Bongiorni P, Nath R. SU‐FF‐T‐90: An Improved Irradiation Setup for An Accurate Measurement of the Dose Rate Constant of Low‐Energy Brachytherapy Sources Using Micro‐TLD Cubes. Medical Physics 2006, 33: 2069-2069. DOI: 10.1118/1.2241015.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPerpendicular directionIrradiation setupExperimental setupLow-energy brachytherapy sourcesMeasurement pointsGeometric uncertaintiesSetupSolid phantomAccurate measurementDisplacementBrachytherapy sourcesConstant measurementsCubeMeasurementsUncertaintyErrorWater equivalent solid phantomDirectionTLDAir kerma strengthStrengthMaterialsPositional uncertainty