Experimental verification of cesium brachytherapy line source emission using a semiconductor detector
- 1 September 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Medical Physics
- Vol. 15 (5) , 702-706
- https://doi.org/10.1118/1.596183
Abstract
Described is an experimental verification technique for cesium brachytherapy line source emission. The dose rate levels produced by a line source algorithm are compared with measurements taken around J-series stainless-steel sheathed cesium sources with a p-type semiconductor diode detector. Further study of isodensity contours is undertaken using a film dosimetery technique. The errors involved in using these techniques are assessed.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: