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[en] We describe the pilot quality control program for brachytherapy of low dose rate proposed to be used in the Radiotherapy Department at the General Hospital of Mexico. The program consists of three parts: a) development of calibration procedures, performed in terms of air-kerma strength for calibration of 137Cs and 192Ir brachytherapy sources, and for the calibration of well-type ionization chambers for 137Cs, b) performance of localisation and reconstruction techniques for radioactive sources with a Baltas' phantom. The results obtained for the media deviation , are in the optimum level, ± 0.5 mm < ± 1.0 mm; the confidence limit Δ, is in the emergency level, Δ=3.2 mm. c) verification of absorbed dose to water DW, given by the hospital. It consists on the characterisation of a TLD-100 powder dosimetry system at SSDL: The calibration curves for powder response (nC or nC/ mg) vs Dw and the control charts for the Harshaw 3500 reader were obtained. The statistical validation of the calibration curve by normality of the residuals and the lack of fit tests were realised. In the other hand, TLD's were irradiated in the hospital to a nominal Dw = 2 Gy with sources of 137Cs. The percent deviations Δ%, between the Dw imparted by the Hospital and the determined by SSDL, are 1.2% Δ≤ 6.5 % which are consistent with the expanded uncertainty U% for DW, 5.6 U% 10%
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8. Mexican symposium on medical physics; Guanajuato, Gto. (Mexico); 17-19 Mar 2004; (c) 2004 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BUILDINGS, CESIUM ISOTOPES, CONTROL, DAYS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DOSEMETERS, DOSES, ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES, FLUIDS, GASES, HEAVY NUCLEI, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES, IRIDIUM ISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, LATIN AMERICA, LUMINESCENT DOSEMETERS, MEASURING INSTRUMENTS, MEDICAL ESTABLISHMENTS, MEDICINE, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, MOCKUP, NORTH AMERICA, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, RADIATION DETECTORS, RADIOISOTOPES, RADIOLOGY, RADIOTHERAPY, STRUCTURAL MODELS, THERAPY, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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