title: Verification of computerized treatment planning for HDR 192Ir brachytherapy for gynaecological cancer.
abstract: Treatment planning in both teletherapy and brachytherapy is time consuming practice but accurate determination of planning parameters is more important. This paper aims to verify the dose delivery time for the treatment of vaginal cancer, which is a vital parameter of High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy treatment planning. Treatment time has been calculated by the computerized treatment planning system (ABACUS 3.1), and then it has been compared with the manually calculated time. The results obtained are in good agreement. Independent verification of nominal time by two different protocols assures the quality of treatment. This should always be practiced to increase the accuracy of treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Saeed Ahmad
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Buzdar
authors.forename: Muhammad Asghar
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Gadhi
authors.forename: Muhammad Afzal
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Naeem Ahmad
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Laghari
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Anees
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014625:Vaginal Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000532:radiotherapy*
chemical_list: D007496:Iridium Radioisotopes