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Dosimetry of indigenously developed 177Lu patch source for surface brachytherapy - Experimental and Monte Carlo methods.
Journal of Radiological Protection : Official Journal of the Society for Radiological Protection 2018 November 7
This paper describes the evaluation of dosimetry characteristics of an in-house developed 177Lu skin patch source for treatment of non-melanoma skin cancer. A 177Lu skin patch source based on Nafion-115 membrane backbone containing 3.46 ± 0.01 mCi of activity was used. Activity measurement of the patch source was based on gamma ray spectrometry using a HPGe detector. The efficiencies of the HPGe detector were fitted using an orthogonal polynomial function. The absorbed dose rate to water at 5 µm depth in water was determined using an extrapolation chamber, EBT3 Gafchromic film and compared with Monte Carlo methods. The correction factors such as Bragg-Gray stopping power ratio of water-to-air and chamber wall material being different from water, needed to be applied on measurements for establishing the dose rate at 5 µm depth, were calculated using the Monte Carlo methods. Absorbed dose rate at 5 µm depth in water (surface dose rate) measured using an extrapolation chamber and EBT3 Gafchromic film were 9.9 ± 0.7 and 8.2 ± 0.1 Gy h-1 mCi-1 respectively for the source activity of 3.46 ± 0.01 mCi. The surface dose rate calculated using the Monte Carlo methods was 8.7 ± 0.2 Gy h-1 mCi-1, which agrees reasonably well with measurement. The measured dose rate per mCi offers scope for ascertaining treatment time required to deliver the dose for propitious therapeutic outcome. Additionally, on-axis depth dose and lateral dose profiles at 5 µm and 1 mm depth in water phantom were also calculated using Monte Carlo method.
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