<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">A new kind of 125I seeds with a core-shell structure were synthesized by an easy assembling–disassembling coaxial capillaries microfluidic device. The dose distribution of a 125I brachytherapy source fabricated by arranging six 125I seeds collinearly within a cylindrical titanium capsule was simulated by modelling the source in a water phantom using Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport code. The influence of the motion and the core size of the 125I seeds on the dose distribution was also studied in this work.</abstract>

A new kind of 125I seeds with a core-shell structure were synthesized by an easy assembling–disassembling coaxial capillaries microfluidic device. The dose distribution of a 125I brachytherapy source fabricated by arranging six 125I seeds collinearly within a cylindrical titanium capsule was simulated by modelling the source in a water phantom using Monte Carlo N-Particle Transport code. The influence of the motion and the core size of the 125I seeds on the dose distribution was also studied in this work.

Design and fabrication of 125I seeds for brachytherapy using capillary-based microfluidic technique

University of Science and Technology of China

Department of Engineering and Applied Physics

Nukleonika

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Design and fabrication of I seeds for brachytherapy using capillary-based microfluidic technique

A new kind of 125I seeds with a core-shell structure were synthesized by an easy assembling–disassembling coaxial capillaries microfluidic device. The dose...

Design and fabrication of ¹²⁵I seeds for brachytherapy using capillary-based microfluidic technique

Article Category: Original Paper

Publicado en línea: 08 jun 2021

Páginas: 55 - 60

Recibido: 01 mar 2020

Aceptado: 07 may 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2021-0007

Palabras clave
I seeds, Brachytherapy source, Microfluidic, Monte Carlo calculation, Core-shell

© 2021 Yuan Wang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Design and fabrication of 125I seeds for brachytherapy using capillary-based microfluidic technique

Article Category: Original Paper

Publicado en línea: 08 jun 2021

Páginas: 55 - 60

Recibido: 01 mar 2020

Aceptado: 07 may 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nuka-2021-0007

Palabras claveI seeds, Brachytherapy source, Microfluidic, Monte Carlo calculation, Core-shell

© 2021 Yuan Wang et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Design and fabrication of ¹²⁵I seeds for brachytherapy using capillary-based microfluidic technique

Palabras clave
I seeds, Brachytherapy source, Microfluidic, Monte Carlo calculation, Core-shell