Publication Code
STI/DOC/010/492
ID
15202
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Description
The brachytherapy process requires consistent reference dosimetry that is traceable to metrological primary standards and common procedures to be followed for reference dosimetry globally. The Code of Practice is addressed to both Secondary Standards Dosimetry Laboratories and hospitals. It fulfils the need for a systematic and internationally unified approach to the calibration and use of vented well-type re-entrant ionisation chambers in determining the strength of brachytherapy sources with intensities measurable by such detectors. The dosimetry formalism as well as common procedures for calibration, reference dosimetry, reference-class instrument assessment and commissioning of the well-type ionisation chamber system are provided.
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978-92-0-113923-8
Publication Original Id
15202
Publication Year
2023
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Publication Series Info
492
Publication Series Number
492
Price
62.00
Number of Pages
151
Number of Figures
7
Publication Medium
Print (Paper)
Keywords
Dosimetry, Brachytherapy, International Code of Practice, Secondary Standards Dosimetry Laboratories, Hospitals, Radiation Dosimetry, Radioisotope Brachytherapy, Measurement, Radiotherapy, Reference Dosimetry, Metrological Primary Standards, Common Procedures, Dosimetry Formalism, Dissemination of Calibration Quantities, Reference-Class Instrument Assessment, Commissioning, Well-Type Ionisation Chamber System, Brachytherapy Radioactive Sources, Photon-Emitting Radioactive Sources, Quantities and Units, High Dose Rate, HDR, Low Dose Rate, LDR, Reference Air Kerma Rate, Instrumentation, Dosimetry Framework, Classification of Instruments and Standards, Estimated Uncertainties, Reference Conditions, Beta-Emitting Radioactive Sources, Clinical Practice, Treatment Delivery Methods, Antiquated Quantities, Detector Systems, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, AAPM, Task Group, Review
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