Features
- Serves as a dosemeter for QC in intravascular therapy according to AAPM TG-601 and DGMP-Report No. 16 and for ophthalmic radiation therapy
- Small, water-equivalent plastic scintillation detector for low energy beta and photon radiation
- With 90Sr/90Y and 32P calibration traceable to NIST2
- Measures dose, dose rate and time
The OPTIDOS3 is designed for dose verification in intravascular brachytherapy (for reduction of arterial restenosis risk). With its extremely small scintillation detector of
1 mm ? x 1 mm, OPTIDOS is ideally suited for the calibration of beta-emitters in catheter systems according to AAPM TG-601. Using optional measuring phantoms, the source strength and the depth dose curve as well as the longitudinal and rotational homogeneity of line sources can be determined. OPTIDOS is also suitable for dosimetry of ophthalmic plaques. It features auto-start, auto-range and timer functions. An RS232 interface is included. The unit operates on mains or rechargeable batteries. A radioactive check source is required to compensate for the decrease of detector sensitivity independence of the total absorbed dose.
- Intravascular Brachytherapy Physics, Report #66 of AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group #60, Medical Physics 26(2), February 1999
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
- The method on which OPTIDOS is based has been developed in close scientific cooperation with the Medical Physics Department of the University Hospital Essen, Germany
All applications other than quality control and dose verification in intravascular brachytherapy are off-label uses according to the FDA and therefore at users own responsibility.
Options
T11003.1.020 OPTIDOS Carrying case
Parts
T10013 OPTIDOS Scintillation dosemeter T60006 OPTIDOS Scintillation detector T48010 Radioactive check device 90Sr T48007 Detector / check source holding device
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