AAPM Committee Tree - Task Group No. 292 - Task Group on Electronic Brachytherapy Dosimetry

Committee Tree

Task Group No. 292 - Task Group on Electronic Brachytherapy Dosimetry

Charge and Function:

Official Charge:

For the interstitial, intracavitary, and intraluminary applications of electronic brachytherapy this Task Group will:

Review the approaches to electronic brachytherapy including:
1. The various sources and applicators currently approved and marketed including the physical characteristics and differences from radionuclide-based brachytherapy modalities.
2. The currently used methods of source output verification and dose calculations.
Develop recommendations for electronic brachytherapy dosimetry including:
1. A modified TG formalism.
2. A NIST-traceability for electronic brachytherapy source strength determination.
3. Appropriate methods to measure and calculate dose distributions surrounding the sources.
4. A description of the dosimetric effect when combining applicators with electronic brachytherapy sources.
5. The inclusion on the AAPM-IROC Houston Brachytherapy Source Registry.

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