title: Acceptance testing, commissioning and quality assurance for a 370 GBq 192Ir HDR brachytherapy afterloader.
abstract: Proposed methods for the initial source installation tests, acceptance testing and a continuing quality assurance program are presented for a Nucletron-Odelft High Dose-Rate Brachytherapy Afterloader system.
authors.affiliation: Medical Engineering & Physics Department, Austin & Repatriation Medical Centre (ARMC), Heidelberg West. awallace@austin.unimelb.edu.au
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Wallace
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards; D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage
chemical_list: D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes