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Department of Medical Physics University of Wisconsin - School of Medicine and Public Health Madison, Wisconsin |
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Medical Physics Seminar - Monday, February 18, 2008 |
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QUICK LINKS: [Medical Physics Home Page] [Seminar Home Page] |
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Brachytherapy Facility Shielding |
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Glenn P. Glasgow, M.S. Ph.D., F.A.A.P.M., F.A.C.R |
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Professor Emeritus, Department of Radiation Oncology Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Maywood, IL 60305 Originally Presented at the AAPM 2007 Summer School Shielding Methods for Medical Facilities: Diagnostic Imaging, PET, and Radiation Therapy St. John's University, Collegeville, MN, July 27-29, 2007 Second Presentation at University of Wisconsin, Madison, WS Feb 18, 2008 |
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Neither NCRP Report 147, Structural Shielding Design for Medical X-Ray Imaging Facilities nor NCRP Report 151, Structural Shielding Design and Evaluation for Megavoltage X- and Gamma-Ray Radiotherapy Facilities addresses brachytherapy facility shielding. This presentation reviews new shielding data (TVLs) for 103Pd, 131Cs, 169Yb, 170Tm (Thulium), and 192Ir, reviews typical workloads for high-dose-rate (HDR) facilities, compares textbook recommended HDR vault shielding designs to those recently reported in the literature, and investigates HDR maze scatter using the methodology described in NCRP 151 for linear accelerators. The data and subsequent representative calculations represent the current “state-of-the-art” of brachytherapy facility shielding. |
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Location: 1335 Health Sciences Learning Center (HSLC) Time: 4:00pm-5:00pm Refreshments will be provided prior to the talk |
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QUICK LINKS: [Medical Physics Home Page] [Seminar Home Page] |
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