Premium
High dose‐rate brachytherapy treatment delivery: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 59
Author(s) -
Kubo H. Dale,
Glasgow Glenn P.,
Pethel Timothy D.,
Thomadsen Bruce R.,
Williamson Jeffrey F.
Publication year - 1998
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 - 10.1118/1.598232
Subject(s) - quality assurance , task group , staffing , medical physics , brachytherapy , medicine , radiation treatment planning , dose rate , radiation therapy , engineering management , radiology , engineering , external quality assessment , nursing , pathology
The goals of this task group are to examine the current high dose‐rate (HDR) treatment delivery practices and to prepare a document to assure safe delivery of HDR treatments. The document consists of detailed HDR procedures for design of an HDR brachytherapy program, staffing and training, treatment specific quality assurance, and emergency procedures. The document provides an extensive quality assurance (QA) check list. It reviews all aspects of HDR treatment delivery safety, including prescription, treatment plan, treatment delivery, and radiation safety.