Report of the Task Group 186 on model-based dose calculation methods in brachytherapy beyond the TG-43 formalism: Current status and recommendations for clinical implementation

Medical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 6208-6236

  Beaulieu, Luc ^a,b   Carlsson Tedgren, Åsa ^c,d   Carrier, Jean François ^e,f   Davis, Stephen D ^g,h   Mourtada, Firas ⁱ   Rivard, Mark J ^j   Thomson, Rowan M ^k   Verhaegen, Frank ^h,l   Wareing, Todd A ^m   Williamson, Jeffrey F ⁿ  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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

^h MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

ⁱ HELEN F GRAHAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^j TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^l MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^m Transpire Inc   (United States)

ⁿ VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

brachytherapy; commissioning; dose calculation; dose scoring; heterogeneities; material assignments; radiation transport; treatment planning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; ONCOLOGY; PHOTOELECTRICITY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; RADIOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMMISSIONING; DOSE CALCULATION; DOSE SCORING; HETEROGENEITIES; RADIATION TRANSPORT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AIR NAVIGATION;

EID: 84867318023     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4747264     Document Type: Review

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