Technical Note: Empirical altitude correction factors for well chamber measurements of permanent prostate and breast seed implant sources
- 20 August 2017
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Medical Physics
- Vol. 44 (10), 5517-5521
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.12478
Abstract
This work presents altitude correction factors for three permanent implant brachytherapy seed models in clinical use. This will allow clinics to utilize model-specific factors, reducing systematic errors in their air-kerma strength verifications.Keywords
Funding Information
- Tom Baker Cancer Centre Machine & Electronics shops
- BC Cancer Agency
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