Uniformity and standardization of single and opposing cobalt 60 sources for total body irradiation

Journal Article · Fri Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1980 · Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-3016(80)90045-0· OSTI ID:5005577

Lam, W C ^[1]; Order, S E; Thomas, E D

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1. Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD

The use of total body irradiation (TBI), chemotherapy, and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in the management of relapsing leukemia has been established with dual source cobalt irradiation. In many facilities in order to reproduce the clinical results with single source irradiation, dosimetry must be compared under situations of varying configurations in order to standardize TBI techniques. Once intercomparison is achieved by on site dosimetric evaluation, recommendations are made for patient position, length of exposure in different positions and average thickness and beam data used to calculate absorbed dose. Homogeneity of single and opposing cobalt sources is also compared.

• OSTI ID: 5005577
• Journal Information: Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 6:2; ISSN IOBPD
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMAL TISSUES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BODY
BONE MARROW
CHEMOTHERAPY
COBALT 60
COBALT ISOTOPES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
DATA
DISEASES
DOSE RATES
DOSES
DOSIMETRY
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
EXTERNAL IRRADIATION
HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM
HEMIC DISEASES
INFORMATION
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IRRADIATION
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LEUKEMIA
LOW DOSE IRRADIATION
MEDICINE
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
NEOPLASMS
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORGANS
PATIENTS
RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS
RADIATION DOSES
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIOLOGY
RADIOTHERAPY
THERAPY
TISSUES
TRANSPLANTS
WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES