Joint AAPM/RPC Registry of Brachytherapy Sources Meeting the AAPM Dosimetric Prerequisites

 

The AAPM, through its Brachytherapy Subcommittee, has determined that the following brachytherapy source models comply with the AAPM’s dosimetric prerequisites as set forth in one of two publications: "Dosimetric prerequisites for routine clinical use of new low-energy photon interstitial brachytherapy sources: Recommendations of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Radiation Therapy Committee". Med. Phys. 25, 2269-2270 (1998), or “Dosimetric prerequisites for routine clinical use of photon emitting brachytherapy sources with average energy higher than 50 keV," Med. Phys. 34, 37-40 (2007). The manufacturers must also satisfy criteria established by the AAPM Subcommittee on Calibration Laboratory Accreditation and described in a publication (hereafter referred to as “the 2004 CLA Report”): “Procedures for establishing and maintaining consistent air-kerma strength standards for low-energy, photon-emitting brachytherapy sources: Recommendations of the Calibration Laboratory Accreditation Subcommittee of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine”. Med. Phys., 35 671-685 (2004). The criteria are summarized here.