AAPM Publications

 

•    Dosimetry of interstitial brachytherapy sources: Recommendations of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 43, Med. Phys. 22, 209–234 (1995)

•    Code of practice for brachytherapy physics: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 56, (Med. Phys. 24, 1557–1598 1997)

•    High dose rate brachytherapy treatment delivery: Report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 59, (Med. Phys. 25, 375–403 1998)

•    Guidance to users of Nycomed Amersham and North American Scientific, Inc. I-125 Interstitial Sources: Dosimetry and calibration changes: Recommendation of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Radiation Therapy Committee Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Low-Energy Seed Dosimetry, (Med. Phys. 26, 570–573 1999)

•    On the use of apparent activity (A_app) for treatment planning of ¹²⁵I and ¹⁰³Pd interstitial brachytherapy sources: Recommendations of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Radiation Therapy Committee Subcommittee on Low-Energy Brachytherapy Source Dosimetry, (Med. Phys. 26, 2529–2530 1999)

•    Update of AAPM Task Group No. 43 Report: A revised AAPM protocol for brachytherapy dose calculations (Med. Phys. 31, 633–674 2004)

•    Erratum: “Update of AAPM Task Group No. 43 Report: A revised AAPM protocol for brachytherapy dose calculations” (Medical Physics, Vol. 31, No. 12, December 2004)

•    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. 31, 675–681 2004)

•    Dosimetric prerequisites for routine clinical use of photon emitting brachytherapy sources with average energy higher than 50 keV, (Med. Phys. 34, 37-40 2007)

•    Supplement to the 2004 update of the AAPM Task Group No. 43 Report (Med. Phys. 34(6) 2187-2205 2007)

•    Third-party brachytherapy source calibrations and physicist responsibilities: Report of the AAPM Low Energy Brachytherapy Source Calibration Working Group," Med. Phys. 35, 3860–3865 (2008)