Achieving Quality in Brachytherapy

by THOMADSEN, B. R.

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Title Statements

Full title :Achieving Quality in Brachytherapy / B.R. Thomadsen.

Summary

"Achieving Quality in Brachytherapy addresses the main issues that often prevent correct delivery of brachytherapy treatment. The book explains how to set up a functional quality assurance program in brachytherapy and covers all the steps needed to undertake particular treatment plans, from the initial planning required to the detailed specification. It highlights the importance of planning as a means of controlling and dealing with errors during the treatment process and advises on what to check and how to check during treatment to ensure effective quality assurance. This comprehensive reference is ideal for professionals working in brachytherapy, physics, and radiation oncology, and serves as an introduction for trainees with an undergraduate degree in medical physics or clinical radiation oncology."--Provided by publisher.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1999.
Edition:First edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):CRC Press
Place of Publication:Boca Raton, FL
Language:eng
Publication Date:1999.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource : : text file, PDF

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781482268577, 1482268574
DOI:10.1201/9781482268577
oclc:on1027748831
LC Classification:RC271.R27T48 2000
Dewey Decimal:615.8424

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; PREFACE; 1 GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS IN QUALITY MANAGEMENT INBRACHYTHERAPY; 1.1 Importance of quality assurance; 1.2 Principles of quality assurance; 1.3 Error; 1.3.1 Systematic error; 1.3.2 Random error; 1.4 Error reduction; 1.4.1 Error prevention; 1.4.2 Error detection; 1.4.3 Guidance in the use of tools; 1.5 Training; 1.6 Staffing; 1.7 Items not covered; 1.8 Terminology revisited; 1.9 Sources for information; 1.10 Human performance implications for quality management; 1.11 Summary

2 QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR MANUAL LOADING, LOW DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY SOURCES2.1 Sources for a permanent inventory; 2.1.1 Acceptance tests; 2.1.2 Periodic tests; 2.2 Sources ordered for particular patients; 2.2.1 Integrity; 2.2.2 Linear uniformity-wire (not seeds, which are too shortto matter); 2.2.3 Assay of source strength; 2.2.4 Penetration and dose distribution; 2.3 Summary; 3 QUALITY MANAGEMENT FOR A TREATMENT PLAN; 3.1 Evaluating whether the plan contains errors; 3.1.1 Direct checks on the input data; 3.1.2 Does the plan make sense?; 3.1.3 Indirect checks on the input data

3.2 Evaluating the appropriateness of the plan3.…