title: High dose-rate brachytherapy source position quality assurance using radiochromic film.
abstract: Traditionally, radiographic film has been used to verify high-dose-rate brachytherapy source position accuracy by co-registering autoradiographic and diagnostic images of the associated applicator. Filmless PACS-based clinics that do not have access to radiographic film and wet developers may have trouble performing this quality assurance test in a simple and practical manner. We describe an alternative method for quality assurance using radiochromic-type film. In addition to being easy and practical to use, radiochromic film has some advantages in comparison with traditional radiographic film when used for HDR brachytherapy quality assurance.
authors.affiliation: Medical Physics Department, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. mevans@medphys.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: M D C
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Devic
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Podgorsak
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000592:standards*; D005373:Film Dosimetry / Q000379:methods*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care