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A method for verifying treatment times for simple high‐dose‐rate endobronchial brachytherapy procedures
Author(s) -
Miller Albert V.,
Davis Michael G.,
Horton John L.
Publication year - 1996
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 - 10.1118/1.597753
Subject(s) - brachytherapy , dose rate , radiation treatment planning , dosimetry , computer science , medical physics , nuclear medicine , medicine , radiology , radiation therapy
An empirical method for verifying the total treatment time for either a one‐ or a two‐catheter high‐dose‐rate procedure has been developed. The method can be performed quickly and allows for easy verification of the accuracy of the treatment time arrived at by a computerized planning system. The method is designed to confirm the treatment time to within 10%.