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New material for low-dose brachytherapy seeds Xe-doped amorphous carbon films with post-growth neutron activated I-125
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Applied Radiation And Isotopes. Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd, v. 69, n. 1, n. 118, n. 121, 2011.
0969-8043
WOS:000284512300018
10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.08.005
Autor
Goncalves, RGF
Pinheiro, MVB
Lacerda, RG
Ferlauto, AS
Ladeira, LO
Krambrock, K
Leal, AS
Viana, GA
Marques, FC
Institución
Resumen
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) We report a novel material for use in I-125 brachytherapy that consists of amorphous carbon films grown by ion-beam-assisted deposition and doped with Xe (5 at%) by implantation Samples of these films grown on Si substrates were irradiated with neutrons in a TRIGA-I nuclear reactor for the production Xe-125 and latter characterized by gamma spectroscopy The results indicate that the Xe-124 was efficiently converted into Xe-125 the precursor of I-125 and support the activity calculations for a model brachytherapy seed (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd All rights reserved 69 1 118 121 Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP)