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Verification of source dwell positions in HDR ring applicators is critical due to variability introduced by source wire slack. Conventional autoradiographic film methods are often limited by setup uncertainties—such as manual stem marking—and typically requir...
The Varian GYN ring applicator exhibits known dwell position dependence on source wire behavior and rotational orientation. For the Bravos HDR afterloader, the vendor recommends repeated periodic verification of ring dwell positions, including following Ir-19...
Pediatric dose from CT remains a concern, and recent evidence from radiotherapy has increased interest in dose to specific cardiac substructures (e.g., the left anterior descending coronary artery). Pediatric whole-body phantoms that contain detailed cardiac...