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Dosimetric considerations for patients with HIP prostheses undergoing pelvic irradiation. Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group 63
Author(s) -
Reft Chester,
Alecu Rodica,
Das Indra J.,
Gerbi Bruce J.,
Keall Paul,
Lief Eugene,
Mijnheer Ben J.,
Papanikolaou Nikos,
Sibata Claudio,
Van Dyk Jake
Publication year - 2003
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 - 10.1118/1.1565113
Subject(s) - dosimetry , task group , medicine , medical physics , radiation therapy , radiation treatment planning , radiation oncology , nuclear medicine , radiology , engineering management , engineering
This document is the report of a task group of the Radiation Therapy Committee of the AAPM and has been prepared primarily to advise hospital physicists involved in external beam treatment of patients with pelvic malignancies who have high atomic number (Z) hip prostheses. The purpose of the report is to make the radiation oncology community aware of the problems arising from the presence of these devices in the radiation beam, to quantify the dose perturbations they cause, and, finally, to provide recommendations for treatment planning and delivery. Some of the data and recommendations are also applicable to patients having implanted high‐Z prosthetic devices such as pins, humeral head replacements. The scientific understanding and methodology of clinical dosimetry for these situations is still incomplete. This report is intended to reflect the current state of scientific understanding and technical methodology in clinical dosimetry for radiation oncology patients with high‐Z hip prostheses.