Calculation of dose distribution around a Cs-137 source from a Selectron LDR remote afterloading system

Authors

Lilian V. Rodriguez ⋅ PH Department of Health
Agnette P. Peralta ⋅ PH Department of Health
Teofilo M. Hermoso ⋅ PH Department of Health

Abstract

The first remote afterloading system in the Philippines was installed at the Radiotherapy Department of the Jose R, Reyes Memorial Medical Center. The Selectron afterloading machine contains 18 Cs-137 pellet sources which can be arranged into various radioactive pellet and non-radiaactive spacer configurations. In this paper, a method of dose calculation for various source positions in the treatment of cancer of the cervix uteri is described.

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Issue

1989: Proceedings of the Eighth Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas National Physics Congress

Article ID

SPP-1989-RM-02

Section

Radiation and Medical Physics

Published

1989-07-01

How to Cite

[1]

LV Rodriguez, AP Peralta, and TM Hermoso, Calculation of dose distribution around a Cs-137 source from a Selectron LDR remote afterloading system, Proceedings of the Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas 8, SPP-1989-RM-02 (1989). URL: https://proceedings.spp-online.org/article/view/SPP-1989-RM-02.