Supplement to the 2004 update of the AAPM Task Group No. 43 Report

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2187-2205

  Rivard, Mark J ^a   Butler, Wayne M ^b   DeWerd, Larry A ^c   Huq, M Saiful ^d   Ibbott, Geoffrey S ^e   Meigooni, Ali S ^f   Melhus, Christopher S ^a   Mitch, Michael G ^g   Nath, Ravinder ^h   Williamson, Jeffrey F ⁱ  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WHEELING HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dosimetry protocol; TG 43

Indexed keywords

PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL TREATMENTS; DOSE RATE DISTRIBUTIONS; EXTRAPOLATION METHODS; LOW ENERGY PHOTONS; MEDICAL MODELING; RADIATION ONCOLOGISTS; TG-43;

ONCOLOGY;

IODINE 125; LEAD 103; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONSENSUS; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE RESPONSE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; METHODOLOGY; ONCOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; PHOTON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REGISTER; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 34447302063     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2736790     Document Type: Article

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