Air kerma strength characterization of a GZP6 Cobalt-60 brachytherapy source
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Air kerma strength characterization of a GZP6 Cobalt-60 brachytherapy source.
BACKGROUND Task group number 40 (TG-40) of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) has recommended calibration of any brachytherapy source before its clinical use. GZP6 afterloading brachytherapy unit is a (60)Co high dose rate (HDR) system recently being used in some of the Iranian radiotherapy centers. AIM In this study air kerma strength (AKS) of (60)Co source number thre...
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عنوان ژورنال: Reports of Practical Oncology & Radiotherapy
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1507-1367
DOI: 10.1016/j.rpor.2010.10.002