BS ISO 21439:2009
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The latest, up-to-date edition.
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English
02-28-2009
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Beta radiation sources and source data
4.1 Ophthalmic and dural brachytherapy sources
4.2 Intravascular brachytherapy sources
4.3 Characteristics of radionuclides
4.4 Source specification
5 Dose calculation parameters and formalisms
5.1 General
5.2 Radiation-field parameterization
5.3 Radial dose profile
5.4 Normalization of relative-dose data for seed sources
5.5 Adaptation of the TG-43/60 formalism for a long
beta radiation line source
5.6 Reference data sets
5.7 Parameters for source uniformity characterization
6 Calibration and traceability
6.1 Measurand
6.2 Traceability
6.3 Reference point
6.4 Primary standards
6.5 Secondary standards
6.6 Transfer standards
6.7 Calibration of therapeutic beta radiation sources
7 Dose measurements in-phantom and measurement corrections
7.1 Measurements in water or a water-equivalent phantom
7.2 Detectors for beta radiation
7.3 Conversion of absorbed dose in solid phantoms to
absorbed dose to water
7.4 Effective point of measurement in the detector
8 Theoretical modelling
8.1 Point-dose kernels
8.2 Monte Carlo simulation
9 Uncertainties in source calibrations
9.1 General
9.2 Uncertainty of primary standards
9.3 Uncertainty of secondary standards
9.4 Uncertainty of transfer standards
9.5 Relationship of dosimetry uncertainty to positional
error
9.6 Uncertainty in theoretical modeling
10 Treatment planning and reporting
10.1 General
10.2 General aspects of treatment planning
10.3 Documentation in ophthalmic brachytherapy
10.4 Uncertainty of the dose delivered in ophthalmic
brachytherapy
10.5 Documentation in intravascular brachytherapy
10.6 Reporting uncertainties in intravascular
brachytherapy
11 Clinical quality control
11.1 Acceptance tests
11.2 Constancy checks
Annex A (normative) - Reference data
Annex B (informative) - Reference data sheet examples
Annex C (informative) - Primary standards for beta radiation
dosimetry
Annex D (informative) - Detectors and phantom materials
for clinical dosimetry of beta radiation
brachytherapy sources
Annex E (informative) - Monte Carlo calculations
Annex F (informative) - Treatment planning
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