Abstract
The paper reports the experimental procedure adopted to determine the absorbed dose rate in water per reference air kerma rate, , along the transverse bisector axis of a brachytherapy source. The dose rate measurements have been carried out at difference distances, d, from the source using alanine dosemeters in a water phantom. The reference air kerma rate, , was determined adopting a `direct procedure' that uses a spherical ionization chamber in air. The dose rate constant of the source examined was . The values of the radial dose function along the transverse axis, g( d), determined with an uncertainty of 3.4% (1), were found to be in good agreement with the results reported in the literature. The uncertainty in dose rate value has been estimated as 2.8% (1) for distances from the source up to 7 cm. has been determined with 1.2% (1) uncertainty. So values were determined with 3% (1) uncertainty.
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