High dose-rate brachytherapy treatment delivery: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 59

Medical Physics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 375-403

  Kubo, H Dale ^a   Glasgow, Glenn P ^b   Pethel, Timothy D ^c   Thomadsen, Bruce R ^d   Williamson, Jeffrey F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Athens Regional Medical Center   (United States)

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

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Emergency procedures; HDR brachytherapy; Quality assurance; Staffing and training; Treatment delivery safety

Indexed keywords

ONCOLOGY; PERSONNEL SELECTION; QUALITY ASSURANCE;

CHECK-LISTS; EMERGENCY PROCEDURES; HDR BRACHYTHERAPY; HIGH DOSE RATE; HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; RADIATION SAFETY; TASK GROUPS; TREATMENT PLANS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIOLOGY DEPARTMENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031956336     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598232     Document Type: Article

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