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DETTAGLI PROGETTO  BRACHYTERAPY
(Num. T2.J06)


Num. Contratto:
 T2.J06

Coordinatore: ENEA (Italia)

Responsabile ENEA: TONI MARIA PIA - FSN-INMRI (CASACCIA)

Ruolo ENEA: COORD

Sito Web: Sito WEB non disponibile

Programma Quadro: Settimo Programma Quadro R&ST (2007-2013)

Programma UE: PEOPLE (2007-2013) ERA-NET actions - Coordinamento di programmi di ricerca

Area Tematica:

Tipo Progetto: N/A - Non applicabile

Descrizione:

The target of the project is to use the absorbed dose to water as the reference quantity to be directly measured for dosimetry in LDR and HDR brachiterapy. The absorbed dose is the quantity of interest for dosimetry and radioterapy treatment. The absorbed dose due to the radioactive sources used in brachiterapy is currently not determined by direct measurement. It is determinated indirectly by a conversion procedure in which the absorbed dose is obtained from measurement of air kerma. In fact , brachiterapy gamma ray sources are currently calibrated in terms of air kerma strenght of reference air kerma rate (RAKR), defined in air at a distance of 1 m from the radioactive source. However, patient dosimetry and algorithms for treatment planning dose calculation are based ont he quantity absorbed dose to water at a distance lower than 1 cm. The absorbed dose to water, Dw, around a brachiterapy source is currently calculated bu applying the formalism of a protocol, published bu Task Group 43 of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). This protocol allows the conversion from air kerma strenght or RAKR to Dw at a reference distance of 1 cm crom the source, located at the center of a cubic water phantom with dimension of 30 cm.


Attività svolta da ENEA:

L'ENEA coordina il progetto.


Note:


Posizione:
 1044

Codice Atto:
 IO034

Atto di approvazione ENEA:
 278/2008/DG

Unità alla stipula:
 BAS-IONMETR

Costo eleggibile del Progetto: 3.661.691,00

Contributo al Progetto: 1.175.403,00


Costo eleggibile per ENEA: 798.486,00

Contributo ad ENEA: 256.314,00

Anno di stipula:
 2008

Durata in mesi:
 36

Data di inizio:
 01-07-2008

Data di scadenza:
 30-06-2011


Indice                               Costo Tot. Contr. UE
               
0 BEV - BUNDESAMT FUER EICH-UND VERMESSUNGSWESEN Istituti di ricerca Austria
1 STUK RADIATION AND NUCLEAR SAFETY AUTHORITY Istituti di ricerca Finlandia
2 LNE-LNHB LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE METROLOGIE ET D Istituti di ricerca Francia
3 PTB PHYSIKALISCH TECHNISCHE BUNDESANSTALT Istituti di ricerca Germania
4 ENEA Istituti di ricerca Italia COORD
5 NMI VAN SWINDEN LABORATORIUM Istituti di ricerca Paesi Bassi
6 ITN INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO E NUCLEAR Istituti di ricerca Portogallo
7 NPL NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY Istituti di ricerca Regno Unito
8 CMI - CZECH METROLOGY INSTITUTE Istituti di ricerca Repubblica Ceca

 Argomento  Macro Key  Keyword
Biological Sciences MEDICINE, HEALTH Medical Research
MEDICINE, HEALTH
Measurements and Standards MEASUREMENT METHODS Applied Metrology
MEASUREMENT METHODS
STANDARDS STANDARDS

 Indice
Dissemination of results
Ldr and hdr brachyterapy