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MO‐B‐230A‐01: AAPM TG‐43 Update for 2004 and Beyond
Author(s) -
Rivard MJ,
Butler WM,
DeWerd LA,
Huq MS,
Ibbott GS,
Melhus CS,
Mitch MG,
Nath R,
Williamson JF
Publication year - 2006
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 - 10.1118/1.2241400
Subject(s) - task group , brachytherapy , medical physics , extrapolation , computer science , radiation transport , medical physicist , nuclear medicine , medicine , physics , radiation therapy , mathematics , statistics , radiology , monte carlo method , engineering , engineering management
Since publication of the 2004 update to the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Task Group No. 43 Report (AAPM TG‐ 43U1), several new low‐energy photon‐emitting brachytherapy sources have become available. Many of these sources have satisfied the AAPM prerequisites for routine clinical use as of January 10 th , 2005, and are posted on the Joint AAPM/RPC Brachytherapy Seed Registry. Consequently, the AAPM has prepared this supplement to the 2004 AAPM TG‐43 update. This paper presents the AAPM‐approved consensus datasets for these sources, and includes the following 125 I sources: Amersham model 6733, Draximage model LS‐1, Implant Sciences model 3500, IBt model 1251L, IsoAid model IAI‐125A, Mentor model SL‐125/SH‐125, and SourceTech Medical model STM1251. The Best Medical model 2335 103 Pd source is also included. While the methodology used to determine these datasets is identical to that published in the AAPM TG‐ 43U1 report, additional information and discussion are presented here on some questions that arose since the publication of the TG‐43U1 report. Specifically details of interpolation and extrapolation methods are described further. Despite these small changes, additions, and clarifications, the overall methodology, the procedures for developing consensus datasets and the dose calculation formalism remain the same as in the TG‐43U1 report. Thus, the AAPM recommends that the consensus datasets and resultant source‐specific dose‐rate distributions included in this supplement be adopted by all end users for clinical treatment planning of low‐energy photon‐emitting brachytherapy sources. Adoption of these recommendations may result in changes to patient dose calculations, and these changes should be carefully evaluated and reviewed with the radiation oncologist prior to implementation of the current protocol.