Source strength determination in iridium-192 and cobalt-60 brachytherapy: A European survey on the level of agreement between clinical measurements and manufacturer certificates

Autor: Javier Vijande, Åsa Carlsson Tedgren, Facundo Ballester, Dimos Baltas, Panagiotis Papagiannis, Mark J. Rivard, Frank-André Siebert, Larry De Werd, Jose Perez-Calatayud

Publikováno v: Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, Vol 19, Iss , Pp 108-111 (2021)

Background and purpose: Brachytherapy treatment outcomes depend on the accuracy of the delivered dose distribution, which is proportional to the reference air-kerma rate (RAKR). Current societal recommendations require the medical physicist to compar

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Report of the First Patient Treated for Pelvic Sarcoma With a Directional 103Pd Brachytherapy Device

Autor: Serguei A. Castaneda, MD, Marian Khalili, MD, Jacqueline Emrich, PhD, Veronica M. Zoghbi, MD, Michael S. Weingarten, MD, Mark J. Rivard, PhD, Wilbur B. Bowne, MD, Jaganmohan Poli, MD

Publikováno v: Advances in Radiation Oncology, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 127-133 (2020)

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/aa210306ade740f690b28276e38337da

GEC-ESTRO ACROP recommendations on calibration and traceability of HE HDR-PDR photon-emitting brachytherapy sources at the hospital level

Autor: Jose Perez-Calatayud, Facundo Ballester, Åsa Carlsson Tedgren, Larry A. DeWerd, Panagiotis Papagiannis, Mark J. Rivard, Frank-André Siebert, Javier Vijande

Publikováno v: Radiotherapy and oncology : journal of the European Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology
r-IIS La Fe. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria La Fe
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The vast majority of radiotherapy departments in Europe using brachytherapy (BT) perform temporary implants of high-or pulsed-dose rate (HDR-PDR) sources with photon energies higher than 50 keV. Such techniques are successfully applied to diverse pat

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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36167195

Multi-institutional registry study evaluating the feasibility and toxicity of accelerated partial breast irradiation using noninvasive image-guided breast brachytherapy

Autor: Sandra Sha, David E. Wazer, Michael Kerley, Paul G. Kocheril, Leann Smith, Dean Mastras, John Chinault, Kara L. Leonard, Bushra Rana, Andrea B. McKee, Ann Pittier, Mark J. Rivard, Rashmi Benda, Jaroslaw T. Hepel, Tushar R. Shah

Publikováno v: Brachytherapy. 20:631-637

Purpose The noninvasive image-guided breast brachytherapy (NIBB) technique is a novel noninvasive yet targeted method for accelerated partial breast irradiation. We established a multi-institutional registry to evaluate the toxicity and efficacy of t

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brachy.2021.01.002

Automated position and size selection of round applicators for AccuBoost breast brachytherapy

Autor: Reshma Munbodh, John C. Patrick, Sean A. Roles, Mark J. Rivard, Ziad Saleh, Foster L. West

Publikováno v: Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, Vol 12, Iss 6, Pp 586-592 (2020)
Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy

Purpose AccuBoost is a complex non-invasive brachytherapy procedure for breast treatment. This technique requires a radiation oncologist to manually select applicator grid position and size by overlaying transparencies over a mammographic image to en

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https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2020.101692