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Development and Application of Ir-192 Brachytherapy Source in Korea  

Son, Kwang Jae (Division of Radioisotope Research, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Jeong, Dong Hyeok (Research Center, Dongnam Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences)
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Progress in Medical Physics / v.23, no.4, 2012 , pp. 326-332 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, there are difficulties in operating brachtherapy machine in the radiotherapy department because of increasing the source price with decreasing nuclear reactor in the world. The development and technical features of the Ir-192 HDR sources (4.5 mm, 1.1 mm in diameter) in Korea were described in this report. We expect that this report will be helpful for hospitals to make the long-term plan for operating and managing HDR brachytherapy machine.
Keywords
Ir-192 source; Brachytherapy; Radioisotope;
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