2020
Enger, Shirin A.; Vijande, Javier; Rivard, Mark J.
Model-Based Dose Calculation Algorithms for Brachytherapy Dosimetry Journal Article
In: Seminars in Radiation Oncology, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 77–86, 2020, ISSN: 1532-9461.
Abstract | Links | BibTeX | Tags: Algorithms, Brachytherapy, Computer-Assisted, Female, Humans, Male, Medical, Models, Neoplasms, Photons, Practice Guidelines as Topic, Radiometry, Radiotherapy Dosage, Radiotherapy Planning, Societies, Theoretical
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title = {Model-Based Dose Calculation Algorithms for Brachytherapy Dosimetry},
author = {Shirin A. Enger and Javier Vijande and Mark J. Rivard},
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abstract = {The purpose of this study was to review the limitations of dose calculation formalisms for photon-emitting brachytherapy sources based on the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Task Group No. 43 (TG-43) report and to provide recommendations to transition to model-based dose calculation algorithms. Additionally, an overview of these algorithms and approaches is presented. The influence of tissue and seed/applicator heterogeneities on brachytherapy dose distributions for breast, gynecologic, head and neck, rectum, and prostate cancers as well as eye plaques and electronic brachytherapy treatments were investigated by comparing dose calculations based on the TG-43 formalism and model-based dose calculation algorithms.},
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The purpose of this study was to review the limitations of dose calculation formalisms for photon-emitting brachytherapy sources based on the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Task Group No. 43 (TG-43) report and to provide recommendations to transition to model-based dose calculation algorithms. Additionally, an overview of these algorithms and approaches is presented. The influence of tissue and seed/applicator heterogeneities on brachytherapy dose distributions for breast, gynecologic, head and neck, rectum, and prostate cancers as well as eye plaques and electronic brachytherapy treatments were investigated by comparing dose calculations based on the TG-43 formalism and model-based dose calculation algorithms.