Air kerma standard for calibration of well-type chambers in Brazil using 192Ir HDR sources and its traceability.

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  • Author(s): Di Prinzio R;Di Prinzio R; DeAlmeida CE
  • Source:
    Medical physics [Med Phys] 2009 Mar; Vol. 36 (3), pp. 953-60.
  • Publication Type:
    Comparative Study; Evaluation Study; Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons, Inc Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0425746 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0094-2405 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00942405 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Med Phys Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: 2017- : Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
      Original Publication: Lancaster, Pa., Published for the American Assn. of Physicists in Medicine by the American Institute of Physics.
    • Subject Terms:
      Brachytherapy/*standards ; Radiometry/*standards; Air ; Biophysical Phenomena ; Brachytherapy/statistics & numerical data ; Brazil ; Humans ; Iridium Radioisotopes/administration & dosage ; Iridium Radioisotopes/therapeutic use ; Radiometry/instrumentation ; Radiometry/statistics & numerical data ; Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted/statistics & numerical data ; Reference Standards ; Scattering, Radiation
    • Abstract:
      In Brazil there are over 100 high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy facilities using well-type chambers for the determination of the air kerma rate of 192Ir sources. This paper presents the methodology developed and extensively tested by the Laboratorio de Ciencias Radiologicas (LCR) and presently in use to calibrate those types of chambers. The system was initially used to calibrate six well-type chambers of brachytherapy services, and the maximum deviation of only 1.0% was observed between the calibration coefficients obtained and the ones in the calibration certificate provided by the UWADCL. In addition to its traceability to the Brazilian National Standards, the whole system was taken to the University of Wisconsin Accredited Dosimetry Calibration Laboratory (UWADCL) for a direct comparison and the same formalism to calculate the air kerma was used. The comparison results between the two laboratories show an agreement of 0.9% for the calibration coefficients. Three Brazilian well-type chambers were calibrated at the UWADCL, and by LCR, in Brazil, using the developed system and a clinical HDR machine. The results of the calibration of three well chambers have shown an agreement better than 1.0%. Uncertainty analyses involving the measurements made both at the UWADCL and LCR laboratories are discussed.
    • Accession Number:
      0 (Iridium Radioisotopes)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20090422 Date Completed: 20090511 Latest Revision: 20191210
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      10.1118/1.3056462
    • Accession Number:
      19378756