Review of "Brachytherapy Physics, Second Edition" Edited by Bruce R. Thomadsen, Mark J. Rivard and Wayne M. Butler

Third-party brachytherapy source calibrations and physicist responsibilities: report of the AAPM Low Energy Brachytherapy Source Calibration Working Group.

The AAPM Low Energy Brachytherapy Source Calibration Working Group was formed to investigate and recommend quality control and quality assurance procedures for brachytherapy sources prior to clinical use. Compiling and clarifying recommendations established by previous AAPM Task Groups 40, 56, and 64 were among the working group's charges, which also included the role of third-party handlers to...

Third party brachytherapy seed calibrations and physicist responsibilities.

To the Editor, In the last decade, the number of low-energy photonemitting brachytherapy source manufacturers has dramatically grown, and there are now about 15 manufacturers for I and Pd encapsulated sources for permanent and temporary brachytherapy. More recently, several third party calibration services, some based in commercial radiopharmacies, have begun marketing “independent assays” of b...

Comprehensive Brachytherapy: Physical and Clinical Aspects.

Comprehensive Brachytherapy: Physical and Clinical Aspects. Venselaar J., Baltas D., Meigooni A., Hoskin P., Imaging in Medical Diagnosis and Therapy, William R. Hendee, Series Editor. CRC/Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, 2013. Hardback 535 pp. Price: $199.95. ISBN: 9781439844984.

High-dose-rate Brachytherapy for Prostate

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

This report addresses uncertainties pertaining to brachytherapy single-source dosimetry preceding clinical use. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Technical Note 1297 are taken as reference standards for uncertainty formalism. Uncertainties in using det...