Dosimetry and calibration of low-energy brachytherapy sources: implications for dose prescription

Author

Williamson, Jeffrey F.

Author_Institution

Radiat. Oncology Center, Washington Univ., Sch. of Med., St. Louis, MO, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

21

Abstract

The goals of this talk are to: (1) review the source strength specification quantities and NIST standards employed for Pd-103 and I-125 interstitial brachytherapy sources; (2) review the role played by Monte Carlo simulation in the clinical dosimetry of these sources; and (3) describe clinical implementation of dosimetry and source strength standards, with emphasis on selection of prescribed dose and published AAPM guidance

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; calibration; dosimetry; radiation therapy; radioactive sources; reviews; standards; I; I-125; Monte Carlo simulation; Pd; Pd-103; clinical dosimetry; clinical implementation; dose prescription implications; low-energy brachytherapy sources; published AAPM guidance; source strength standards; therapeutic nuclear medicine; Amplitude shift keying; Attenuation; Brachytherapy; Calibration; Dosimetry; Geometry; NIST; Solid modeling; Standards publication; Volume measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2000. Proceedings of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1094-687X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6465-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2000.900657

Filename

900657