The use of integral activity to assess scheduled radioactive source changes for brachytherapy.
The development of afterloading brachytherapy devices using radioactive sources with relatively short half-lives has meant that several source changes are required per year. We present here a simple method to evaluate the ability of the supplier to deliver the scheduled amount of activity. Using the integrated activity of the source during the period of its clinical use, a comparison between the scheduled and delivered activity can be quantified.
Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Evans
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Clark
D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011851:Radioactivity