Brachytherapy for Medical Dosimetrists

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This course introduces students to brachytherapy and concepts related to this technique for calculations and planning. Common radionuclides used in brachytherapy, their characteristics, including half-life, energy, exposure rate constant, half-value layer, and typical clinical use will be discussed. Concepts of activity, apparent activity, air KERMA strength, exposure rate, equivalent mg hours of Radium (mgRaeq), and associated calculations will be introduced. Brachytherapy treatment methods incuding treatment procedure and devices, implantation techniques, isodse selection, dose rate, treatment planning, and critical structure will be presented.