A dosimetric uncertainty analysis for photon-emitting brachytherapy sources: Report of AAPM Task Group No. 138 and GEC-ESTRO

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 782-801

  DeWerd, Larry A ^a   Ibbott, Geoffrey S ^b   Meigooni, Ali S ^c   Mitch, Michael G ^d   Rivard, Mark J ^e   Stump, Kurt E ^f   Thomadsen, Bruce R ^g   Venselaar, Jack L M ^h  

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

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

^c Department of Hematology Oncology   (United States)

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

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Santa Maria Radiation Oncology Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^h Instituut Verbeeten   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; dosimetry; standards; uncertainty

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; MANUFACTURE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; STANDARDS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR THERAPEUTIC RADIOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY; GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES; GUIDE TO THE EXPRESSION OF UNCERTAINTY IN MEASUREMENTS; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATIONS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 79551675393     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3533720     Document Type: Article

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