For the interstitial, intracavitary, and intraluminary applications of electronic brachytherapy this Task Group will: 1. Review the approaches to electronic brachytherapy including: a. The various sources and applicators currently approved and marketed including the physical characteristics and differences from radionuclide-based brachytherapy modalities. b. The currently used methods of source output verification and dose calculations. 2. Develop recommendations for electronic brachytherapy dosimetry including: a. A modified TG formalism. b. A NIST-traceability for electronic brachytherapy source strength determination. c. Appropriate methods to measure and calculate dose distributions surrounding the sources. d. A description of the dosimetric effect when combining applicators with electronic brachytherapy sources. e. The inclusion on the AAPM-IROC Houston Brachytherapy Source Registry
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