• Consider AAPM Task Group Reports and Guidance
TG-43 Brachytherapy Dosimetry Formalism
TG-56 Code of Practice for Brachytherapy
TG-59 High Dose Rate Tx Delivery
TG-182 Recommendations on eBT Quality Management
2008 AAPM (Butler
et al
.) Low-energy Source Calibrations
2008 ASTRO Emerging Technology Cmte: Electronic Brachytherapy
• Need comparisons of measured and calculated dose distributions,
and consensus datasets
• HDR breast commissioning by Hiatt et al. JACMP (2008)
eBT Commissioning Specifics