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Study of laser welding of brachytherapy capsules by x-ray microtomography

C. SIMA1, C. GRIGORIU1,* , I.NICOLAE1, I.TISEANU1, T.CRACIUNESCU1, C.VIESPE1

Affiliation

  1. National Institute for Laser, Plasma and Radiation Physics, 409 Atomistilor street, P.O. Box MG 36, 077125, Bucharest Magurele, Romania

Abstract

This study investigated laser welding of capsules containing a radioactive material used for brachytherapy, in an attempt to optimize the welding parameters for capsule sealing. Welding was performed using a Nd:YAG laser 1064 nm, 20 Hz , 2.5 ms Scanning electron microscopy and x ray microtomography were used to investigate the quality and thickness of the capsule’s weld seam X-ray microtomography provided detailed three dimensional imaging of the internal structure of the capsule and weld seam not available using other methods..

Keywords

Capsules, Laser welding, Radioactive material, X-ay microtomography.

Citation

C. SIMA, C. GRIGORIU, I.NICOLAE, I.TISEANU, T.CRACIUNESCU, C.VIESPE, Study of laser welding of brachytherapy capsules by x-ray microtomography, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 9, 7-8, July-August 2015, pp.1006-1009 (2015).

Submitted at: Aug. 14, 2014

Accepted at: June 24, 2015