Code of practice for brachytherapy physics: Report of the AAPM radiation therapy committee task group no. 56

Medical Physics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1557-1598

  Nath, Ravinder ^a   Anderson, Lowell L ^b   Meli, Jerome A ^c   Olch, Arthur J ^d   Stitt, Judith Anne ^e   Williamson, Jeffrey F ^f  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c ST VINCENT S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Interstitial brachytherapy; Intracavitary brachytherapy; Quality assurance; Remote afterloaders

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

AFTERLOADERS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CODE OF PRACTICE; INTERSTITIAL BRACHYTHERAPY; TASK GROUPS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030801752     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.597966     Document Type: Review

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