TY - JOUR
T1 - Verification of I-125 brachytherapy source strength for use in radioactive seed localization procedures
AU - Metyko, John
AU - Erwin, William
AU - Landsberger, Sheldon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Elsevier Ltd.
PY - 2016/6/1
Y1 - 2016/6/1
N2 - A general-purpose nuclear medicine dose calibrator was assessed as a potential replacement for a dedicated air-communicating well-type ionization chamber (brachytherapy source strength verification instrument) for 125I seed source strength verification for radioactive seed localization, where less stringent accuracy tolerances may be acceptable. The accuracy, precision and reproducibility of the dose calibrator were measured and compared to regulatory requirements. The results of this work indicate that a dose calibrator can be used for 125I seed source strength verification for radioactive seed localization.
AB - A general-purpose nuclear medicine dose calibrator was assessed as a potential replacement for a dedicated air-communicating well-type ionization chamber (brachytherapy source strength verification instrument) for 125I seed source strength verification for radioactive seed localization, where less stringent accuracy tolerances may be acceptable. The accuracy, precision and reproducibility of the dose calibrator were measured and compared to regulatory requirements. The results of this work indicate that a dose calibrator can be used for 125I seed source strength verification for radioactive seed localization.
KW - Dose calibrator
KW - Radioactive seed localization
KW - Source strength verification
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.03.006
DO - 10.1016/j.apradiso.2016.03.006
M3 - Article
C2 - 27015651
AN - SCOPUS:84962616049
SN - 0969-8043
VL - 112
SP - 62
EP - 68
JO - Applied Radiation and Isotopes
JF - Applied Radiation and Isotopes
ER -