title: Treatment time for Amersham caesium-137 manual afterloading system.
abstract: Currently, the Amersham caesium-137 afterloading system is widely used for gynecological treatment of tumors in uterine cervix. This paper introduces an expert system to determine the time of exposure of an Amersham afterloading system based on different combinations of applicator sources. The efficiency of the expert system achieves 93% of the clinical decisions taken by physicians. It is evaluated by both the experimental results and the actual clinical decisions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Law
authors.forename: A S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Mohamed
authors.forename: R B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Maguire
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000379:methods*; D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005103:Expert Systems; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted; D013997:Time Factors; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*
chemical_list: D002588:Cesium Radioisotopes