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7493817

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-1-5
pubmed:abstractText
A single remote afterloading system can sometimes be used for the radiation treatment of two or more patients in separate rooms simultaneously. This configuration poses certain radiation protection problems, especially in a busy clinic where some of the treatment rooms have to be used for other non-radiation related patients even though not all radiation treatments have been completed. In this report we describe a door interlock system that has been designed to allow for radiation protection purposes during radiation treatment but is disabled when the radiation treatment is completed--with enough safeguard built in to prevent accidental bypass of the interlock. In addition, the quality control procedures of the radiation monitor devices for these treatment rooms are described. These radiation protection procedures could be generalized to other remote afterloading systems.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0017-9078
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
69
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
976-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Radiation protection design philosophy for a door interlock system for shared room remote afterloading brachytherapy.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Medical Physics, Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre, Ontario, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article