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Appl Radiat Isot ; 178: 109952, 2021 Dec.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34601270

ABSTRACT

The present work described the cold fabrication of a P-32 radioactive source to be used in CNS cancer using epoxy resin. The epoxy plaque fabricated with Teflon mold presented better agreement. MCNP simulation evaluated the radiation dose. Special attention was given to factors that can impact dose distribution. Average dose was 16.44 ± 2.89% cGy/s. Differences of less than 0.01 cm in thickness within the plaque lead to differences of up to 12% in the dose rate.


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Brachytherapy/instrumentation , Epoxy Resins/chemistry , Spinal Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Equipment Design , Humans , Monte Carlo Method
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Appl Radiat Isot ; 173: 109709, 2021 Jul.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33865052

ABSTRACT

A new Iridium-192 seed for brachytherapy is under development. Specific dose rate contribution by two different factors were evaluated: the effect from movement of the core in the free space within the seed and the effect of the end-weld thickness variation. Both were investigated through use of the Monte Carlo radiation transport code MCNP6 and an in-house routine programmed with MATLAB. Differences greater than 15% compared to results from the nominal seed were found near the source, indicating a significant dose variation.


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Brachytherapy , Iridium Radioisotopes/therapeutic use , Radiotherapy Dosage , Computer Simulation , Humans , Monte Carlo Method
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Appl Radiat Isot ; 165: 109307, 2020 Nov.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-32738753

ABSTRACT

In order to provide prostate brachytherapy treatment for more Brazilian men, IPEN is building a laboratory for the manufacture of radioactive sources. The new methodology for the production of iodine-125 seeds with yield 71.7% ± 5.3%. Points of importance were evaluated/discussed: photo-sensibility, reaction vial type, the substitution for iodine-131, pH, and solution volume. The surface was analyzed by FTIR and EDS. At the end, a Monte Carlo-MCNP6 simulation was performed to evaluate the TG-43 parameters.


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Iodine Radioisotopes/therapeutic use , Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Prostatic Neoplasms/radiotherapy , Brachytherapy/methods , Humans , Iodine Radioisotopes/administration & dosage , Male , Monte Carlo Method , Spectrometry, X-Ray Emission , Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
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