Erratum: “Cylindrical coordinate-based TG-43U1 parameters for dose calculation around elongated brachytherapy sources”

Shahid B Awan et al.
University of Kentucky, Department of Radiation Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A
(JACMP), 9 (2), 123-141 (2008).
alimeig@gmail.com

In this erratum, we present the corrections for three typographical errors that occurred in the above noted publication on pages 123, 130 and page 138, respectively.

i) The institutional affiliation for co-author Manzoor Hussain is missing. The affiliation of Manzoor Hussain is University of the Punjab, Department of Physics, Jinnah Campus, Lahore, Pakistan. With this correction, the institutional affiliations of all the authors will be as follows:

Shahid B. Awan,a,b Sharifeh A. Dinib, Manzoor Hussaina, David Soleimani-Meigoonib, and Ali S. Meigoonib

University of the Punjab,a Department of Physics, Jinnah Campus, Lahore, Pakistan;

University of Kentucky,b Department of Radiation Medicine, Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.A.

ii) Table 3 (on page 130) had a typographical error. The corrected data for 1 cm long RadioCoil 103Pd source is shown in the following Table. It should be noted the graphical representation of the 2D-aniotropy is does not need any correction.

 

Table 3. Two-dimensional anisotropy function, F(R, Z), of a RadioCoil 103Pd source (RadioMed Corporation, Tyngsboro, MA) 1.0-cm long determined in liquid water using the cylindrical coordinate system.

 

iii) On the legend of Fig. 10, the paper by Rivard et al. was referred to as “Rivard Ref. 23” instead of “Rivard Ref. 24”. The corrected figure caption for Fig. 10 is:

   
Fig. 10. Comparison between the Monte Carlo simulated 2D anisotropy function of a 1.0cm (RadioCoil 103Pd) and 0.5cm seed type (Model 3500 I-Plant I-125) brachytherapy sources.

 

 

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Vol. 10, No. 2, Spring 2009