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Publications (selection)

  • Schneider, Thorsten; Selbach, Hans-Joachim:
    Realization of the unit of absorbed dose to water for I-125 interstitial brachytherapy sources.
    Medical Physics, 39 (2012), 6, 3885

  • Selbach, Hans-Joachim; Bambynek, Markus; Aubineau-Lanièce, Isabelle; Gabris, Frantisek; Guerra, Antonio Stefano; Toni, Maria Pia; Pooter, Jacco de; Sander, T.; Schneider, Thorsten:
    Experimental determination of the dose rate constant for selected I-125 and Ir-192 brachytherapy sources.
    Metrologia, 49 (2012), 5, S219-S222.

  • Schneider, Thorsten:
    The PTB Primary Standard for the absorbed-dose to water for I-125 interstitial brachytherapy sources.
    Metrologia, 49 (2012), 5, S198-S202.

  • Kaulich, Theodor W.; Quast, Ulrich; Bamberg, Michael; Selbach, Hans-Joachim:
    Direct reference air-kerma rate calibration of 192Ir for a thimble-type ionization chamber in a cylindrical solid phantom.
    Metrologia, 49 (2012), 5, S241-S245.

  • Gabris, Frantisek; Zeman, Jozef; Valenta, Jiri; Selbach, Hans-Joachim:
    Exploitation of secondary standard for calibration in units of Dw,1 cm and assessment of several HDR brachytherapy planning systems.
    Metrologia, 49 (2012), 5, S246-S248.

  • Selbach, Hans-Joachim:
    Dosimetry for Brachytherapy.
    In: Landolt, H., Börnstein, R.: Medical Radiological Physics, Numerical Data and Functional Relationships in Science and Technology - New Series / Advanced Materials and Technologies, Volume 7A, Springer 2012, Kapitel 3.4.5, 3-54-3-66.

  • Schneider, Thorsten:
    A robust method for determining the absorbed dose to water in a phantom for low-energy photon radiation.
    Physics in Medicine and Biology, 56 (2011), 56, 3387-3402.

  • Schneider, Thorsten; Selbach, Hans-Joachim:
    Realisation of the absorbed dose to water for I-125 interstitial brachytherapy sources.
    Radiotherapy and Oncology, 100 (2011), 3, 442-445.

  • Anton, Mathias; Wagner, Daniela; Selbach, Hans-Joachim; Hackel, Thomas; Hermann, Robert Michael; Hess, Clemens Friedrich; Vorwerk, Hilke:
    In vivo dosimetry in the urethra using alanine/ESR during Ir-192 HDR brachytherapy of prostate cancer - a phantom study.
    Physics in Medicine and Biology, 54 (2009), 9, 2915-2931.

  • Schneider, Thorsten:
    A method to determine the water kerma in a phantom for X-rays with energies up to 40 keV.
    Metrologia, 46 (2008), 1, 95-100.

  • Selbach, Hans-Joachim; Kramer, Hans-Michael; Culberson, W. S.:
    Realization of reference air-kerma rate for low-energy photon sources.
    Metrologia, 45 (2008), 4, 422-428.

  • Schneider, Thorsten; Lange, Bodo; Selbach, Hans-Joachim:
    Towards a determination of the absorbed dose to water in water for low-energy photon-emitting brachytherapy seeds.
    Metrologia, 44 (2007), 5, 407-414.

  • Schneider, Thorsten; Kramer, Hans-Michael:
    A new method for an improved determination of continuous photon fluence spectra for X-ray tube voltages up to 150 kV.
    Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 121 (2006), 4, 370-375.