Advanced Physics for Brachytherapy 2018

The method

➢ Energy is divided in g=1,.., G groups of width ΔE g

so that energy decreases as group

order decreases

P 

 

gpq

,

ˆ 

rg

rg gt

, )ˆ,( 

( = + =  +    1 4 , )ˆ,( p g scat q −

)

)1(

pr r

l

G 

  =

m

q

rg scat

)( rg gls  −

r gml

)( Y

)ˆ,( , =

) ,(

)2(

' ,,

' , ,

l

l

1' l m g =

0

−=

Our equations become:

gE −

gE −

1 1'

dE dE Er E Erls

,(,

→

' )' ,( )

' gE rg gls = − )(

gE

)3(

' ,,

gE −

1

dEEr



) ,(

gE

gE −

gE −

1

1

r gml

dEEr

' )ˆ( )ˆ, ,( l Y Er 

dE d m

)(

 =

) ,( =

   

)4(



ml

, ,

,

E

4

gE

g

gE −

1

)' ,( ) ,( dE Er Ert

gE

rgt

)( , =

)5(

gE −

1

Er

) ,( dE



gE

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