Physics Bucharest 2017
Inverse Square Law
The intensity of electromagnetic radiation is inversely proportional to the square of the distance.
2 1 2 d d I I
2 1
For Brachytherapy implants this means the dose distributions are non-homogenous and there is a sleeve of high dose surrounding each source
Dose rate
Distance from source
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