title: Code of practice for brachytherapy physics: report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 56. American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
abstract: Recommendations of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) for the practice of brachytherapy physics are presented. These guidelines were prepared by a task group of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee and have been reviewed and approved by the AAPM Science Council.
authors.affiliation: Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nath
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Meli
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Olch
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Stitt
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Williamson
mesh_terms: D001703:Biophysics / Q000592:standards; D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D018787:Radiation Oncology / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards; D011874:Radiometry / Q000592:standards; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / Q000592:standards; D012449:Safety