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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICISTS IN MEDICINE
Author(s) -
Michael J. Bronskill
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1002/j.2473-4209.2012.tb00183.x
Subject(s) - association (psychology) , medical physicist , citation , library science , computer science , medicine , medical physics , epistemology , philosophy
Remote afterloading of low dose rate (LDR), medium dose rate (MDR), and high dose rate (HDR) radioactive materials for brachytherapy is increasingly practiced in the United States. This report presents the advantages and disadvantages of the units, lists some commercial remote afterloaders and their features, and reviews facility requirements, radiological safety, licensing and license compliance, calibration methods, acceptance testing, quality assurance, and isodose computation.