High dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy quality assurance: a practical guide

The widespread adoption of high dose rate brachytherapy with its inherent dangers necessitates adoption of appropriate quality assurance measures to minimize risks to both patients and medical staff. This paper is aimed at assisting someone who is establishing a new program or revising one already i...

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Autor principal: Wilkinson, DA
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Biomedical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3097611/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21614233
http://dx.doi.org/10.2349/biij.2.2.e34
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Sumario:The widespread adoption of high dose rate brachytherapy with its inherent dangers necessitates adoption of appropriate quality assurance measures to minimize risks to both patients and medical staff. This paper is aimed at assisting someone who is establishing a new program or revising one already in place into adhere to the recently issued Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USA) regulations and the guidelines from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine.

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