Update of AAPM Task Group No. 43 Report: A revised AAPM protocol for brachytherapy dose calculations

Medical Physics - Tập 31 Số 3 - Trang 633-674 - 2004
Mark J. Rivard1, Bert M. Coursey2, Larry A. DeWerd3, W. F. Hanson4, M. Saiful Huq5, Geoffrey S. Ibbott4, Michael G. Mitch2, Ravinder Nath6, Jeffrey F. Williamson7
1Department of Radiation Oncology, Tufts‐New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts 02111
2Ionizing Radiation Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899
3Accredited Dosimetry and Calibration Laboratory, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706
4Radiological Physics Center, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center,Houston, Texas, 77030
5Kimmel Cancer Center of Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107
6Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
7Chair, Low‐energy Interstitial Brachytherapy Dosimetry subcommittee of the Radiation Therapy Committee, Department of Radiation Oncology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298

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