Quality assurance in brachytherapy

Bruce Libby; Taeho Kim

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-44827-5_5

Quality assurance in brachytherapy

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Quality assurance for high dose rate brachytherapy is governed not only by AAPM task group reports, but also by state and federal regulations. These regulations cover the periodic (treatment day) and quarterly (source exchange) tests that are required to ensure proper treatment. In addition, other task group reports review advances in brachytherapy treatments, such as improved dose calculations, as well as QA for imaging equipment including CT and ultrasound. Furthermore, a brachytherapy program audit can be conducted by the group to ensure the entire program is being properly managed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Handbook of Image-Guided Brachytherapy
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	99-116
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319448275
ISBN (Print)	9783319448251
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44827-5_5
State	Published - Mar 21 2017

Keywords

10CFR35
Brachytherapy audit
High dose rate brachytherapy
Quality assurance

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