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EGSnrc Monte Carlo-aided dosimetric studies of the new BEBIG (60)Co HDR brachytherapy source.

Islam Mohammad Anwarul1, Mir Md Akramuzzaman, Golam Abu Zakaria.   

Abstract

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to obtain the dosimetric parameters of the new BEBIG (60)Co brachytherapy source following by TG-43U1 recommendation with appropriate electron cutoff energy (0.521 MeV).
MATERIAL AND METHODS: The new BEBIG (60)Co brachytherapy source is used to calculate the TG-43U1 parameters. EGSnrc-based Monte Carlo simulation code has been used to calculate the radial dose functions and anisotropy functions. 2D dose rate table is obtained with Cartesian coordinate system for surrounding the source.
RESULTS: The radial dose functions are calculated for the distance of 0.06 cm to 100 cm from the source center with different cutoff energies and compared. The anisotropy functions values are calculated with the range of 1° to 179°, and apart from 0.2 cm to 20 cm of radial distances. The along-away dose rate data are calculated for quality assurance purposes. The calculated values are compared with the consensus data set and previous published results.
CONCLUSIONS: The radial dose function values from 0.06 cm to 0.16 cm are low, and these values gradually increased up to 0.3 cm radial distance. The radial dose function values are compared with the values of consensus data set using EGSnrc code system, and it is in good agreement with the published data range. The data for < 0.1 cm is not available in consensus data set, and extrapolated value is included for 0 distances which is the same as the value of 0.1 cm. In this study, the obtained values are strictly fall-off to < 0.1 cm distances. Good agreement with the published data was observed, except the values less than 40° angle at 0.5 cm distance for anisotropy function values.

Entities:  

Keywords:  60Co; BEBIG; EGSnrc; HDR brachytherapy; brachytherapy

Year:  2013        PMID: 24143150      PMCID: PMC3797406          DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2013.37419

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  J Contemp Brachytherapy        ISSN: 2081-2841


Purpose

Eckert & Ziegler BEBIG, GmbH, Germany, introduced a new afterloading brachytherapy machine (MultiSource®). It has two options to use either 60Co or 192Ir source for high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy. The dimensions of the sources are about identical. The 60Co source has an advantage due to its longer half lives (5.27 years). Miniaturized 60Co source with sufficient activity (70 GBq) is available on afterloading equipment, dedicated to HDR brachytherapy. The new 60Co source (model Co0.A86) referred as new BEBIG 60Co HDR source is a modified version of the old 60Co source (model GK60M21) from BEBIG. This study is aimed at obtaining the dosimetry parameters with the TG-43U1 formalism of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) [1], and with prerequisites of HEBD report [2]. This study is performed using the EGSnrc [3] Monte Carlo transport code (version V4-R2-3-1) with appropriate electron cutoff energy 0.521 MeV (rest of electron energy + 10 keV as kinetic energy), referred as true dose calculation for all subsequent calculations. Meanwhile, some authors have published the relevant dosimetry data with different methodology. Richter et al. [4] have reported a comparison of 60Co and 192Ir sources using EGS-Ray Monte Carlo based calculations, and only photon emission has been considered for the simulations. Recently, Selvam et al. [5] have published EGSnrc [3] Monte Carlo based dosimetry data except anisotropy functions, and collision kerma is approximated the dose at the close surface of the source. Moreover, Ballester et al. [6] and Granero et al. [7] have reported GEANT4 based Monte Carlo dosimetry data in accordance with TG-43U1 [1] formalism for the same source. Recently, AAPM and ESTRO published consensus data set for photon-emitting brachytherapy sources and the dosimetric data for the BEBIG 60Co source with same model are available [2] which was taken from Granero et al. [7] and Selvam et al. [5]. This report consist of radial dose function data, and anisotropy function data are apart from the 0.1 cm and 0.25 cm of radial distances, respectively from the source. This study, the radial dose function data, and anisotropy function data are calculated apart from the 0.06 cm and 0.2 cm of radial distances, respectively from the source. The radial dose function data are calculated with electron cutoff energy 2 MeV and 0.521 MeV, and the calculated data are compared. 2D dose rate data are calculated for Cartesian and Polar coordinate system using the DOSRZnrc [8] user code. The radial dose function and anisotropy function are calculated from the dose rate table of Polar coordinate system with TG-43U1 [1] formalism.

Material and methods

The specifications of the source geometry and materials are taken from Islam et al. [9]. The BEBIG 60Co HDR source consists of pure cobalt metal (density of 8.9 g cm−3), and is kept inside the source cylinder having diameter 0.05 cm and length 0.35 cm. Radioactive 60Co material is uniformly distributed inside it. The source core is encapsulated with an AISI 316L stainless steel capsule with 0.1 cm in outer diameter and 0.07 cm in inner diameter. The capsule is 0.5 cm long and connected to a 0.2 cm long steel cable. The capsule thickness is 0.075 cm for both longitudinal side of the 60Co core and the steel thickness of axial side is 0.015 cm. There is an air gap of 0.01 cm around the axial side of the active source core. The rounded source tip of the real source geometry is modeled as flat with uniform thickness of 0.075 cm stainless steel, because a rounded tip cannot be simulated in DOSRZnrc [5]. The diameter of the source cable is modeled as same as the diameter of source capsule for simplicity. However, this simplification will not notably affect the dosimetry. Figure 1A shows the geometry of the real BEBIG 60Co HDR source, and Figure 1B shows the model of it used in the Monte Carlo calculations.
Fig. 1

A) Schematic diagram of the new BEBIG 60Co HDR source and (B) the model diagram of the source used in Monte Carlo simulations

A) Schematic diagram of the new BEBIG 60Co HDR source and (B) the model diagram of the source used in Monte Carlo simulations The DOSRZnrc [8] is a user code for absorbed dose calculation of EGSnrc [3] based Monte Carlo transport code system. This code is used for the calculation of absorbed dose rate distribution around the new BEBIG 60Co source. Two photon energies, 1.17 and 1.33 MeV are considered for 60Co source, and in each disintegration two photons/(Bq s) are generated on average. The photon energy spectrum file (bareco60.spectrum) [8] has been used for these simulations. For the absorbed dose rate calculation, the source is positioned at the centre of a cylindrical unbounded water phantom of dimensions 200 cm (diameter) × 200 cm (height). The density of water considered is 0.998 g/cm3 at 22°C [1]. In order to provide adequate spatial resolution, the cells are 0.01 cm thickness for r < 2 cm, 0.05 cm for 2 < r < 5 cm, 0.1 cm for 5 < r < 10 cm and 0.2 cm for r > 10 cm from the source [2, 10]. The dose rate values are calculated in different positions of the water phantom with polar and Cartesian co-ordinates for different position of the water phantom. The true dose rate is calculated for all points of interest, and these values are used to calculate TG-43U1 parameters [1] e.g., radial dose function and anisotropy function. Up to 5 × 109 primary photon histories are simulated to obtain dose rate data. The cut-off energy for photon and electron transport are 0.001 MeV, and 0.521 MeV, respectively, as maintained in the dose rate calculations for all radial distances. XCOM photon cross-section library is used in subsequent simulations. Consequently, photoelectric effect, pair production, Rayleigh scattering and bound Compton scattering are included in simulation. No variance reduction techniques are used in the simulations. The contribution of primary electron to the dose is not considered, i.e. no beta spectrum is simulated. The value of air-kerma strength, Sk/A (= 3.039 × 10-7 ± 0.41% U Bq−1) and dose rate constant, Λ (= 1.097 ± 0.12% cGy h−1 U−1) are taken from Islam et al. [9]. The authors calculated the air-kerma per initial particle at 100 cm distance from the center of the source as per AAPM TG-43U1 recommendations [1]. The mass energy-absorption coefficient for dry air was taken from the latest NIST compilation [11]. The photon fluency spectrum at 5 keV intervals was scored along the transverse axis for the point of 100 cm distance. The user-code FLURZnrc [3] was used to calculate the differential fluency spectrum in the calculation grid per initial photon in the simulation. To estimate the air-kerma strength, the source is kept in an unbounded cylindrical air phantom, and the kerma was scored for a 0.2 cm thick and 0.1 cm high cylindrical ring cell, located along the transverse source axis.

Results

In the present work, the radial dose functions are calculated for the distance of 0.06 cm to 100 cm from the source centre for BEBIG 60Co HDR source considering electron cutoff energy 0.521 MeV and 2 MeV. Figure 2 shows the comparison for radial dose functions for different cutoff energies of electron. The radial dose function (Fig. 2) values (in case of electron cutoff energy 0.521 MeV) from 0.06 cm to 0.18 cm are lower than the values simulated with electron cutoff energy 2 MeV, and the values from 0.2 cm to 0.8 cm are 2.36% (average) higher than the values of other radial dose function with ECUT = 2 MeV. The radial dose function data are presented in Table 1. Figure 3 shows the graphical comparison of the radial dose function with consensus data set [2, 5]. Figure 4 shows the polynomial curve along with the data points to present the radial dose function for BEBIG 60Co HDR source. The polynomial coefficient values are shown in Table 2. Table 3 present the anisotropy function values. The anisotropy functions for BEBIG 60Co HDR source are compared with GEANT4 Monte Carlo based published value for different radial distances by Granero et al. [2, 7]. Good agreement with the published data was observed except the values less than 40° angle at 0.5 cm distance. This location is the corner of the source tip. Figure 5 shows the graphical comparison of the anisotropy functions for different distances. Along-away 2D dose rate data is presented in Table 4 for TPS quality assurance purposes. The statistical uncertainties (Type A) on the calculation are estimated have a coverage factor k = 1. This is depending on the location of calculation points, calculating grid size, and number of histories simulated. The uncertainties were obtained 0.1% at r < 0.2 cm, 0.3% at 0.2 < r ≤ 1 cm and 0.7% at 1 < r cm on average.
Fig. 2

Comparison of radial dose functions for BEBIG 60Co HDR source; simulated with electron cutoff energy 2 MeV and 0.521 MeV

Table 1

Radial dose function for the BEBIG 60Co source (model Co0.A86)

Distance r, cmRadial dose function, gL(r)
0.060.6585
0.080.7405
0.10.8140
0.120.8763
0.140.9276
0.160.9677
0.181.0017
0.201.0185
0.301.0715
0.401.0532
0.501.0302
0.601.0217
0.701.0148
0.801.0086
11
20.9812
30.9659
40.9504
50.9347
7.50.8951
100.8485
150.7587
200.6619
300.4838
400.3357
500.2224
600.1417
700.0889
800.0562
900.0347
1000.0201
Fig. 3

Comparison of radial dose functions for BEBIG 60Co HDR source with this study and consensus data set [2, 5]

Fig. 4

The polynomial fit curve with radial dose function for BEBIG 60Co HDR source from 0.06 cm to 100 cm

Table 2

Calculated 5th order polynomial coefficient values of radial dose function from 0.06 cm to 100 cm of radial distances

Polynomial coefficientValue
a01.0409
a1−0.0208
a28 × 10−5
a3−8 × 10-7
a43 × 10−8
a5−2 × 10−10
Table 3

Anisotropy functions F(r, θ) for new BEBIG 60Co HDR source (model Co0.A86). The origin is chosen at the center of the 60Co core and the simulated angle values are increased from the source tip to the cable side of the source

Theta, degRadial distance, cm
0.20.30.40.50.60.70.8123457.5101520
10.59890.74060.95580.95870.97450.95810.95610.95750.92910.94400.92460.93780.93290.95650.9517
20.61300.76090.96010.96080.97650.96100.95680.95980.93700.94460.93060.94060.93790.95860.9557
30.62200.78130.96270.96390.97960.96410.95860.96330.94060.94510.93380.94450.94220.96050.9588
40.63390.78860.96670.96540.98290.96560.96320.96450.94170.94620.93930.94970.94590.96210.9620
50.64070.80610.96960.96890.98480.96670.96500.96510.94380.94740.94410.95420.95170.96620.9676
70.64990.82510.97440.97370.98750.96900.96630.96950.94740.94940.95110.95990.95800.96910.9737
100.67170.86580.98410.98150.99220.97270.97100.97480.95480.95540.95720.96560.96560.97200.9779
120.69470.88810.99300.98680.99640.97500.97660.97840.96340.96190.96650.97020.96980.97440.9804
150.63000.73230.91641.00350.99190.99960.98160.98500.98300.97120.97320.97150.97420.97540.97840.9844
200.69210.80470.95791.01500.99551.00000.98850.99370.99010.97880.98030.97780.98110.97980.98140.9876
250.75480.86490.98041.01620.99360.99600.99290.99740.99420.98650.98750.98560.98680.98410.98650.9899
300.80710.89790.98691.01390.99300.99450.99410.99680.99580.98990.99020.98890.99020.99000.98970.9928
350.84960.91030.98491.00940.99170.99210.99540.99510.99520.99220.99360.99240.99410.99280.99290.9941
400.88420.93990.98211.00480.99200.99160.99440.99610.99490.99390.99490.99590.99550.99460.99460.9949
450.90870.95510.98870.99990.99130.99120.99410.99670.99520.99560.99730.99700.99670.99620.99780.9960
500.92940.96860.98960.99560.99110.99150.99420.99560.99580.99700.99860.99770.99780.99670.99890.9971
550.95280.97580.99000.99440.99130.99210.99430.99660.99600.99800.99810.99920.99810.99730.99940.9979
600.96620.98280.99210.99470.99230.99270.99520.99780.99660.99890.99830.99890.99850.99781.00000.9989
650.98200.98810.99930.99390.99360.99550.99620.99730.99760.99910.99810.99900.99910.99780.99930.9992
700.99040.99330.99330.99440.99520.99710.99700.99770.99860.99980.99860.99820.99870.99901.00000.9995
750.99920.99701.00360.99540.99810.99690.99870.99840.99921.00000.99870.99830.99870.99911.00000.9997
800.98620.99100.99400.99760.99990.99770.99960.99951.00011.00020.99950.99971.00001.00001.00000.9997
851.00641.00150.99610.99911.00020.99931.00010.99970.99981.00021.00000.99950.99980.99961.00001.0000
901111111111111111
951.00020.99570.99760.99940.99960.99920.99940.99970.99970.99991.00001.00051.00031.00000.99900.9992
1001.00020.99470.99620.99790.99960.99770.99910.99960.99980.99980.99990.99971.00041.00000.99900.9994
1050.99220.99070.99070.99680.99860.99670.99870.99930.99950.99991.00040.99871.00041.00000.99950.9994
1100.98620.98770.98770.99670.99760.99570.99870.99860.99910.99940.99990.99811.00000.99920.99950.9994
1150.98010.98170.98470.99640.99660.99470.99770.99770.99820.99900.99990.99780.99980.99860.99950.9988
1200.97110.97770.98170.99770.99600.99470.99620.99660.99770.99900.99960.99730.99950.99780.99890.9986
1250.97770.99720.99600.99370.99550.99660.99720.99850.99990.99680.99910.99840.99940.9983
1300.97470.99730.99490.99260.99490.99540.99700.99810.99960.99630.99840.99770.99970.9979
1350.99070.99630.99470.99270.99470.99540.99610.99690.99870.99460.99740.99710.99860.9977
1400.99370.99590.99440.99270.99560.99660.99610.99470.99880.99270.99540.99680.99860.9968
1450.99070.99390.99360.99070.99600.99690.99600.99300.99800.98970.99340.99580.99620.9960
1500.98170.98970.99090.98830.99490.99740.99730.98930.99570.98570.99140.99240.99320.9939
1550.98410.98470.99150.99600.99600.98410.99310.98090.98740.98660.98730.9917
1600.97510.97570.98570.99190.99360.97260.98640.97480.98240.97640.97600.9877
1650.97770.98170.98560.96050.97520.96370.97510.96610.96160.9803
1680.97050.96960.97990.94990.96210.95410.96730.95830.95090.9691
1700.96470.95880.97160.93840.95220.94510.96030.94960.94200.9609
1730.95470.94600.96170.92130.94060.93200.95130.94130.93120.9529
1750.94070.93020.94690.91290.93300.92200.94420.93280.92220.9450
1760.93070.92490.92930.90690.92800.91450.93830.92480.91630.9384
1770.92070.92130.92410.90300.92400.91180.93230.91840.90960.9330
1780.91470.91720.91920.89800.92000.90730.92690.91240.90240.9286
1790.91070.91480.91540.89300.91300.90380.91850.90510.89330.9231
Fig. 5

Comparison of anisotropy functions for BEBIG 60Co HDR source at different distances from the center of active source. A) 0.50 cm, B) 1.00 cm, C) 3.00 cm, D) 5.00 cm, E) 10.00 cm, F) 15.00 cm with the literature data from Granero et al. [7]

Radial dose function for the BEBIG 60Co source (model Co0.A86) Comparison of radial dose functions for BEBIG 60Co HDR source; simulated with electron cutoff energy 2 MeV and 0.521 MeV Comparison of radial dose functions for BEBIG 60Co HDR source with this study and consensus data set [2, 5] The polynomial fit curve with radial dose function for BEBIG 60Co HDR source from 0.06 cm to 100 cm Comparison of anisotropy functions for BEBIG 60Co HDR source at different distances from the center of active source. A) 0.50 cm, B) 1.00 cm, C) 3.00 cm, D) 5.00 cm, E) 10.00 cm, F) 15.00 cm with the literature data from Granero et al. [7] Calculated 5th order polynomial coefficient values of radial dose function from 0.06 cm to 100 cm of radial distances Anisotropy functions F(r, θ) for new BEBIG 60Co HDR source (model Co0.A86). The origin is chosen at the center of the 60Co core and the simulated angle values are increased from the source tip to the cable side of the source Along away dose rate data for BEBIG 60Co HDR source (cGy h−1 U−1). The origin is chosen at the center of the 60Co core and the negative values of distance are placed on the side from origin to the source tip and the positive values for other side

Discussions

The radial dose function for BEBIG 60Co HDR source was calculated from 0.06 cm to 100 cm of radial distances. The values of the function from 0.06 cm to 0.16 cm are low and these values gradually increased up to 0.3 cm radial distance. However, it sharply decreased with longer distances. The radial dose function values are compared with the values of consensus data set reported by Selvam et al. [2, 5] using EGSnrc code system, and it is in good agreement with the published data for the range. The data for < 0.1 cm is not available in consensus data set, and extrapolated value is included for 0 distances which is the same as the value of 0.1 cm. In this study, the obtained values are strictly fall-off to < 0.1 cm distances. The equation for radial dose function, gL(r) = a0 + a1r + a2r2 + a3r3 + a4r4 + a5r5 corrects a typographical error in the original TG-43U1 protocol [12]. Here, gL(r) is denoted the radial dose function for the point r and a0, a1, a2, a3, a4, a5 is polynomial coefficients up to 5th order. While table lookup via linear interpolation or any appropriate mathematical model fit to the data may be used to evaluate g X(r), some commercial treatment planning systems currently accommodate a fifth-order polynomial fit to the tabulated g(r) data. Since this type of polynomial fit may produce erroneous results with large errors outside the radial range used to determine the fit, alternate fitting equations have been proposed which are less susceptible to this effect. The parameters a0 through a5 are fitted, so that the calculated radial dose function from the polynomial curve within ± 2% compared with original data in Table 1 to the radial distance 0.2 cm to 60 cm. The electron cutoff energy influenced dosimetry at the close region of the source due to considering the contribution of betas. In case of catheter based interstitial brachytherapy, higher values of radial dose function (2.36% from 0.2 cm to 0.8 cm of radial distances) may significant affect in radial dose distribution in clinical relevant situation. The anisotropy functions are calculated with varying radial distances and angles. Some of the points in the table are data blank, which are situated within the source encapsulation or in the source core. The anisotropy functions for BEBIG 60Co HDR source are compared with GEANT4 Monte Carlo based published value for different radial distances by Granero et al. [7]. The significant difference is noted with 0.5 cm of radial distance including polar angle less than 40°, which could be mainly derived from the influence of geometry model (the tips of the source and encapsulation). In this case, our results are quite high in the longitudinal edge region of the source encapsulation. The authors calculated kerma to approximate the dose for the points where electronic equilibrium exists, and the cutoff energy of 10 keV was used for both photons and electrons. The along-away 2D dose rate data are presented for 20 cm apart from the source center. Selvam et al. [5] reproduced the Granero et al. [7] study using the EGSnrc code, obtaining only an away-along table. The comparison of away-along tables from both studies reveals that at y = 0.25 cm and z = −0.25, z = 0, and z = 0.25 cm the Granero et al. [7] data are underestimated [2]. The published values by Selvam et al. [5] are in good agreement with the values obtained from this study. But the values reported by Granero et al. [7] are 6.5%, 8.5% and 5.2% lower than the values obtained from this study, respectively.

Conclusions

In this study, the dosimetric data for new BEBIG 60Co source (model Co0.A86) is obtained for an unbounded liquid water phantom. Electron contribution is considered with appropriate cutoff energy for absorbed dose calculations throughout the study using EGSnrc-based DOSRZnrc user code.
Table 4

Along away dose rate data for BEBIG 60Co HDR source (cGy h−1 U−1). The origin is chosen at the center of the 60Co core and the negative values of distance are placed on the side from origin to the source tip and the positive values for other side

Along cmAway, cm
0.20.250.30.40.50.60.70.811.523457.51012.51520
−201.70E-031.70E-031.70E-031.70E-031.70E-031.60E-031.70E-031.70E-031.70E-031.70E-031.70E-031.70E-031.70E-031.60E-031.50E-031.30E-031.20E-031.00E-037.00E-04
−153.60E-033.10E-033.20E-033.40E-033.30E-033.30E-033.30E-033.40E-033.40E-033.40E-033.50E-033.50E-033.40E-033.20E-032.80E-032.40E-031.90E-031.60E-031.00E-03
−135.50E-035.30E-035.20E-035.20E-035.20E-035.30E-035.10E-035.30E-035.20E-035.20E-035.20E-035.20E-035.00E-034.80E-034.00E-033.20E-032.50E-031.90E-031.20E-03
−108.60E-038.61E-038.50E-038.30E-038.30E-038.40E-038.60E-038.70E-038.60E-038.60E-038.70E-038.30E-037.90E-037.20E-035.60E-034.30E-033.20E-032.40E-031.40E-03
−7.51.56E-021.57E-021.58E-021.63E-021.57E-021.62E-021.57E-021.57E-021.61E-021.60E-021.58E-021.48E-021.31E-021.17E-028.30E-035.70E-034.00E-032.80E-031.60E-03
−53.78E-023.78E-023.79E-023.76E-023.78E-023.77E-023.78E-023.81E-023.81E-023.67E-023.51E-022.99E-022.44E-022.00E-021.18E-027.30E-034.80E-033.30E-031.70E-03
−45.79E-025.79E-025.80E-025.93E-025.95E-025.98E-026.09E-026.03E-025.95E-025.63E-025.18E-024.15E-023.21E-022.45E-021.34E-028.00E-035.10E-033.40E-031.70E-03
−31.08E-011.08E-011.08E-011.08E-011.10E-011.11E-011.09E-011.08E-011.06E-019.36E-028.15E-025.85E-024.13E-023.00E-021.50E-028.50E-035.40E-033.60E-031.80E-03
−22.47E-012.47E-012.46E-012.51E-012.49E-012.44E-012.40E-012.31E-012.17E-011.73E-011.34E-018.16E-025.21E-023.56E-021.63E-029.00E-035.50E-033.60E-031.80E-03
−1.54.47E-014.53E-014.55E-014.48E-014.32E-014.18E-014.00E-013.80E-013.38E-012.42E-011.73E-019.46E-025.75E-023.80E-021.68E-029.20E-035.60E-033.70E-031.80E-03
−11.05E + 001.04E + 001.02E + 009.71E-018.99E-018.25E-017.51E-016.77E-015.52E-013.36E-012.17E-011.06E-016.18E-023.99E-021.73E-029.30E-035.60E-033.70E-031.80E-03
−0.81.67E + 001.62E + 001.55E + 001.43E + 001.28E + 001.12E + 009.90E-018.73E-016.76E-013.79E-012.33E-011.11E-016.32E-024.05E-021.73E-029.30E-035.70E-033.70E-031.80E-03
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  9 in total

1.  Comment on "Dosimetry of interstitial brachytherapy sources: recommendations of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 43" [Med. Phys. 22, 209-234 (1995)]. American Association of Physicists in Medicine.

Authors:  M J Rivard
Journal:  Med Phys       Date:  1999-11       Impact factor: 4.071

2.  Update of AAPM Task Group No. 43 Report: A revised AAPM protocol for brachytherapy dose calculations.

Authors:  Mark J Rivard; Bert M Coursey; Larry A DeWerd; William F Hanson; M Saiful Huq; Geoffrey S Ibbott; Michael G Mitch; Ravinder Nath; Jeffrey F Williamson
Journal:  Med Phys       Date:  2004-03       Impact factor: 4.071

3.  Technical note: EGSnrc-based dosimetric study of the BEBIG 60Co HDR brachytherapy sources.

Authors:  T Palani Selvam; Subhalaxmi Bhola
Journal:  Med Phys       Date:  2010-03       Impact factor: 4.071

4.  Monte Carlo dosimetric study of the BEBIG Co-60 HDR source.

Authors:  F Ballester; D Granero; J Pérez-Calatayud; E Casal; S Agramunt; R Cases
Journal:  Phys Med Biol       Date:  2005-10-12       Impact factor: 3.609

5.  Dose calculation for photon-emitting brachytherapy sources with average energy higher than 50 keV: report of the AAPM and ESTRO.

Authors:  Jose Perez-Calatayud; Facundo Ballester; Rupak K Das; Larry A Dewerd; Geoffrey S Ibbott; Ali S Meigooni; Zoubir Ouhib; Mark J Rivard; Ron S Sloboda; Jeffrey F Williamson
Journal:  Med Phys       Date:  2012-05       Impact factor: 4.071

6.  Comparison of 60cobalt and 192iridium sources in high dose rate afterloading brachytherapy.

Authors:  Jürgen Richter; Kurt Baier; Michael Flentje
Journal:  Strahlenther Onkol       Date:  2008-04       Impact factor: 3.621

7.  Technical note: Dosimetric study of a new Co-60 source used in brachytherapy.

Authors:  D Granero; J Pérez-Calatayud; F Ballester
Journal:  Med Phys       Date:  2007-09       Impact factor: 4.071

8.  Dosimetric comparison between the microSelectron HDR (192)Ir v2 source and the BEBIG (60)Co source for HDR brachytherapy using the EGSnrc Monte Carlo transport code.

Authors:  M Anwarul Islam; M M Akramuzzaman; G A Zakaria
Journal:  J Med Phys       Date:  2012-10

9.  Monte Carlo dosimetric study of the Flexisource Co-60 high dose rate source.

Authors:  Javier Vijande; Domingo Granero; Jose Perez-Calatayud; Facundo Ballester
Journal:  J Contemp Brachytherapy       Date:  2012-03-30
  9 in total
  1 in total

1.  Measurements and Monte Carlo calculation of radial dose and anisotropy functions of BEBIG 60Co high-dose-rate brachytherapy source in a bounded water phantom.

Authors:  Buchapudi Rekha Reddy; Marc J P Chamberland; Manickam Ravikumar; Chandraraj Varatharaj
Journal:  J Contemp Brachytherapy       Date:  2019-12-25
  1 in total

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