Quality assurance of brachytherapy afterloaders using a multi-slit phantom Export

@article{citeulike:1570966, abstract = {Brachytherapy is a very successful treatment option for many different tumors. Consequently the quality assurance (QA) of afterloaders is of special interest. For many quality checks verification films are essential. Because currently in many clinics the film development units are replaced by computed radiography systems, the question arises of how to perform QA for afterloaders without conventional radiography films. In this note the use of a new designed multi-slit phantom demonstrates the possibility of performing QA checks with high sensitivity computed radiography systems. Because the presented phantom allows a method for imaging the radiation source it might be useful in the development of further QA techniques.}, author = {Kohr, Peter and Siebert, Frank A.}, citeulike-article-id = {1570966}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/52/17/N03}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://stacks.iop.org/0031-9155/52/i=17/a=N03}, doi = {10.1088/0031-9155/52/17/N03}, journal = {Physics in Medicine and Biology}, keywords = {medical}, number = {17}, pages = {N387--N391}, posted-at = {2007-09-02 00:38:51}, priority = {4}, title = {Quality assurance of brachytherapy afterloaders using a multi-slit phantom}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/52/17/N03}, volume = {52}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1570966 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1570966 N2 - Brachytherapy is a very successful treatment option for many different tumors. Consequently the quality assurance (QA) of afterloaders is of special interest. For many quality checks verification films are essential. Because currently in many clinics the film development units are replaced by computed radiography systems, the question arises of how to perform QA for afterloaders without conventional radiography films. In this note the use of a new designed multi-slit phantom demonstrates the possibility of performing QA checks with high sensitivity computed radiography systems. Because the presented phantom allows a method for imaging the radiation source it might be useful in the development of further QA techniques. IS - 17 JF - Physics in Medicine and Biology EP - N391 TI - Quality assurance of brachytherapy afterloaders using a multi-slit phantom VL - 52 SP - N387 KW - medical AU - Kohr, Peter AU - Siebert, Frank PY - 2007/// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/52/17/N03 ER -