ABSTRACT Iodine-125 brachytherapy (BT) sources have gained a wide application in the treatment of prostate and intraocular cancers. Determination of the source strength of I-125 seeds is, therefore, mandatory to ensure accurate and optimal dose delivery to a patient undergoing BT treatment. There is the need to verify source strength stated or provided by a manufacturer of any BT source prior to clinical use of the source in fulfillment of American Association of Physicists in Medicine and Eu...
ABSTRACT In radiation therapy, the traditional way of providing accuracy of megavoltage radiation treatment fields, is by the use of portal radiographs. In these radiographs the film detector is positioned at the exist point of the beam beside the patient and details of its anatomical parts located within the field borders are taken. There is poor visualization of landmarks in portal films due to the high energy of photons used for treatment. Due to this draw-back, an electronic portal imagin...
ABSTRACT The Kgwakgwe manganese deposit is 4 km southwest of Kanye village (70 km west of Gaborone, Capital City) in Botswana. The manganese deposit is surrounded by about 30 boreholes which supply the entire Kanye population with water, through pipes into each home. Weathering of manganese and other elements from rocks (due to the geology of the area) leach into underground water within the catchment. The study assessed the quality of drinking water from the boreholes and estimated their com...