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	Radiotherapy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		As the name implies, teletherapy, involves the administration of ionizing radiation from an external source at a distance.
		With teletherapy the radiation source is generally a machine designed to generate ionizing radiation in 1 of 3 forms.
		Teletherapy: a form of radiotherapy in which the source of radiation is applied from a distance from the body.
	www.avmi.net /NewFiles/RadioTherapy/Radiotherapy.html (545 words)

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		Teletherapy and brachytherapy sources manufactured and distributed in accordance with a license issued pursuant to the regulations, or the equivalent regulations of another Agreement State, a Licensing State, or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
		Before medical use, after each installation of a teletherapy source, and after making any change for which an amendment is required by G.51, the licensee shall perform radiation surveys with an operable radiation measurement survey instrument calibrated in accordance with G.18 to verify that: i.
		Except as may be necessary to repair, replace, or test the teletherapy unit, the teletherapy unit shielding, or the treatment room shielding; or ii.
	www.dhss.delaware.gov /dhss/dph/hsp/files/2002radcontregsprtg.txt (11270 words)

	Use of Brachytherapy to Preserve Function in Children With Soft-Tissue Sarcomas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In addition, since the radiation is delivered from outside the child’s body, teletherapy results in the delivery of a moderate radiation dose to a large volume outside of the planning target volume (Figure 1).
		Furthermore, since the dose from brachytherapy falls off at a rate that is inversely proportional to the square of the distance, the volume of normal tissues that is irradiated outside of the planning target volume is minimized (Figure 2), thereby reducing long-term morbidity.
		Teletherapy doses ranged from 40 to 44.5 Gy, and brachytherapy doses ranged from 10 to 50 Gy given at a rate of 30 to 71 cGy/h.
	www.cancernetwork.com /CME/Headneck/pediatricbrachytherapy.htm (6405 words)

	Electronic Code of Federal Regulations:
		Output means the exposure rate, dose rate, or a quantity related in a known manner to these rates from a brachytherapy source or a teletherapy, remote afterloader, or gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit for a specified set of exposure conditions.
		Teletherapy, as used in this part, means a method of radiation therapy in which collimated gamma rays are delivered at a distance from the patient or human research subject.
		The training and experience specified in Subparts B, D, E, F, G, H, and J of this part must have been obtained within the 7 years preceding the date of application or the individual must have had related continuing education and experience since the required training and experience was completed.
	ecfr.gpoaccess.gov /cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=4b4af809df5e3d062b97c092b6ce68c8&rgn=div5&view=text&node=10:1.0.1.1.25&idno=10 (13296 words)

	Illinois Department of Nuclear Safety (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		"Teletherapy" means a method of radiation therapy in which the source of radiation is at a distance of 6 centimeters or more from the area being treated.
		A licensee shall construct or equip each teletherapy room to permit continuous observation of the patient from the teletherapy unit console during irradiation.
		When comparing dosimetry systems to be used for calibrating cobalt-60 teletherapy units, the licensee shall use a teletherapy unit with a cobalt-60 source.
	www.state.il.us /IDNS/html/legal/codeslaws/335.htm (13940 words)

	Sacred Health
		Teletherapy as the word implies and suggests is made up of two parts - Tele and therapy.
		It does not mean that purely surgical cases also can be benefited by this therapy, where surgery or medical help is absolutely necessary they have to accept it.
		The teletherapy treatment is divided into 3 parts.
	www.calcuttayellowpages.com /adver/103452d.html (564 words)

	Teletherapy Source (ca. 1950s) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The above is a source capsule of the type that was used in medical teletherapy units.
		The radioactive source material, over 1000 curies of Co-60 or Cs-137, was contained in a doubly encapsulated stainless steel cylinder approximately one inch in diameter (shown in the lower right hand corner of the photograph on the right).
		Pre-1955 cobalt 60 teletherapy source capsules came in all sorts of sizes and shapes.
	www.orau.org /PTP/collection/Sources/teletherapy.htm (234 words)

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		Prescribed dose means: (1) For gamma stereotactic radiosurgery, the total dose as documented in the written directive; (2) For teletherapy, the total dose and dose per fraction as documented in the written directive; or (3) For brachytherapy, either the total source strength and exposure time or the total dose, as documented in the written directive.
		Teletherapy physicist means the individual identified as the teletherapy physicist on a Commission license.
		When intercomparing dosimetry systems to be used for calibrating cesium-137 teletherapy units, the licensee shall use a teletherapy unit with a cesium-137 source.
	www.people.vcu.edu /~jsiebers/govregs/1998part35.txt (9816 words)

	Chapter 246-240 WAC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		(b) For teletherapy equipment installed after the effective date of these regulations, the leakage radiation measured at one meter from the source when the beam control mechanism is in the "on" position shall not exceed 0.1 percent of the useful beam exposure rate.
		Teletherapy sources shall be tested for leakage and contamination in accordance with the procedures described in WAC 246-240-020 (2).
		Licensees that have their teletherapy units calibrated by persons who do not meet these criteria for minimum training and experience may require a license amendment excepting them from the requirements of subsection (4) of this section.
	www.doh.wa.gov /EHP/RP/wac/246-240.htm (4091 words)

	Levin C. Victor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Heavy particle teletherapy: The identification of the basic nuclear components of neutrons and protons was soon followed by neutron therapy in the 1940s.
		The differential between the costs of teletherapy on cobalt and a linac (which is a far more complex machine) in developing countries is well illustrated in a report from India [9].
		Cobalt teletherapy is illustrative of such a technology where the therapeutic ratio is as good as a linac for about 50% (developed countries) to 80% (developing countries) of teletherapy indications while machine and maintenance costs remain lower [9, 10].
	www.mh-hannover.de /aktuelles/projekte/mmm/englishversion/fs_programme/speech/Levin_V.html (3220 words)

	Radiation Oncology: External Beam /Teletherapy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Teletherapy involves the use of external beam radiation.
		A teletherapy isodose plan determines the radiation dose within the target volume and to surrounding volumes of normal tissue.
		As isodose plan is calculated by the qualified medical physicist using computer-based measurements of radiation beams produced by the treatment unit and is reported under CPT 77305, 77310 or 77315, teletherapy isodose plan: simple, intermediate or complex, respectively.
	www.noridianmedicare.com /provider/cmd/draftb/Radiation_O_ExBeam.html (6176 words)

	SUNY Upstate Medical University Radiation Safety Office (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This includes but is not limited to: installing, relocating or removing a teletherapy sealed source or a teletherapy unit that contains a sealed source; maintenance, adjustment or repair of the source drawer, shutter or other mechanism that could expose the source, reduce the shielding around the source or result in increased radiation levels.
		(5) A licensee shall construct or equip each teletherapy room to permit continuous observation of the patient from the teletherapy unit console during irradiation and to permit communication with the patient.
		(1) The licensee shall ensure that any individual who performs the duties of a radiation therapy physicist in a teletherapy facility meets the criteria in subparagraphs (i), (ii) or (iii), of this paragraph, except that as of January 1, 2000 only individuals who are certified as described in subparagraph (i) shall perform such duties.
	www.upstate.edu /radsafeo/ra01035.htm (2364 words)

	Information Notice No. 87-18: UNAUTHORIZED SERVICE ON TELETHERAPY UNITS BY NONLICENSED MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL
		Purpose: This notice is provided to alert recipients that they may be in noncompliance with their NRC teletherapy licenses should "in-house" or contract maintenance personnel be used to service or repair the licensees' teletherapy equipment.
		Description of Circumstances: During recent inspections of teletherapy licensees, NRC staff discovered that some licensees are using unlicensed, "in-house" engineers, electricians, or maintenance personnel to perform maintenance or repair on teletherapy equipment.
		Any maintenance or repair operation on a teletherapy unit involving work on the source drawer, the shutter, or other mechanism that could expose the source, reduce the shielding around the source, or compromise the safety of the unit and result in increased radiation levels.
	www.nrc.gov /reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/info-notices/1987/in87018.html (750 words)

	Workplace Supports: Using telerehabilitation to promote TBI recovery and transfer of Knowledge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		L., is presented in which teletherapy was successfully utilized to improve the functional outcomes, both physical and cognitive, of a patient with a severe TBI.
		This case study provides confirmatory evidence that teletherapy represents and effective and efficient means for providing rehabilitation services for patients in rural communities, as well as for facilitating mentoring relationships between seasoned professionals and trainees located in rural settings.
		One of the major benefits of teletherapy is that this mode of delivery may provide a viable solution to the profound problems of health disparities for patients in rural and underserved areas.
	www.worksupport.com /Archives/telerehabilitation.asp (918 words)

	Telecounseling Find Favor With EAPs \| workforce.com
		In what’s been dubbed teletherapy or telecounseling, instead of an office visit, mental-health professionals working in off-site call centers conduct counseling sessions with employees who phone in from home, the office or the road.
		Once teletherapy was introduced, EAP use jumped 70 percent, according to statistics that RFL compiles for Bridgestone.
		Before teletherapy was introduced, Bridgestone’s EAP effectiveness--described as the percentage of people who get better--was 30 percent to 50 percent, typical for face-to-face outpatient therapy, according to Mary Beth Chalk, RFL’s chief operating officer.
	www.workforce.com /section/02/feature/23/88/09 (1922 words)

	Radiation therapy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		It is an open subject as to the mechanism by which they survive, but perhaps they do not reproduce in the usual way.
		Three main divisions of radiotherapy are external beam radiotherapy (XBRT) or teletherapy, brachytherapy or sealed source radiotherapy and unsealed source radiotherapy.
		The differences relate to the position of the radiation source; external is outside the body, while sealed and unsealed source radiotherapy has radioactive material delivered internally.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/radiation_therapy (899 words)

	Ethics in Mental Health and Deafness
		After a slow start, the teletherapy progressed to include discussions of the client’s sexuality and her reports of an emotionally abusive ex-husband who now had custody of their three hearing children.
		What could not be seen on the therapist’s monitor were the severely bitten fingernails, the dilated pupils, the body odor and poor hygiene, the slight hand tremors, the slash scars on the wrists, the demonic tattoos, the needle tracks on the deaf woman’s arms, and her restless leg rocking.
		Three weeks after the last teletherapy session, the client stabbed her ex-husband with an ice pick, and she was hospitalized for a drug/alcohol overdose.
	gupress.gallaudet.edu /excerpts/EMHDthree10.html (392 words)

	Code of Federal Regulations: Title 10
		35.600 Use of a sealed source in a remote afterloader unit, teletherapy unit, or gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit.
		35.615 Safety precautions for remote afterloader units, teletherapy units, and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units.
		35.2605 Records of installation, maintenance, adjustment, and repair of remote afterloader units, teletherapy units, and gamma stereotactic radiosurgery units.
	straylight.law.cornell.edu /cfr/cfr.php?title=10&type=part&value=35 (709 words)

	Cobalt-60 Teletherapy Machine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Presently, imported Cobalt-60 Teletherapy Machines are used for the treatment of localized cancers.
		The number of teletherapy facilities in the country is highly inadequate.
		The indigenous Cobalt-60 Teletherapy Machine developed by BARC has a capacity of 200 RMM source and its source to iso-centre distance is 80 cm.
	www.barc.ernet.in /webpages/technologies/cobalt/cobaltad.html (113 words)

	LOW DOSE FRACTIONATED PERCUTAN TELETHERAPY IN AMD WITH SUBFOVEOLAR NEOVASCULARISATION - 3 YEAR RESULTS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Aim: The effect of low dose fractionated percutan teletherapy to visual acuity and the changes in subfoveal neovascular membranes (SNM) in age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) were observed.
		Teletherapie was done by a 9 MeV linear accelerator through a lateral port in half beam technic with a single dose of 2 Gy to a total dose of 20 Gy within 12 days.
		Conclusions: There is an influence from low dose fractionated percutan teletherapy to visual acuity, SNM and metamorphopsia.
	www.dog.org /1999/e-abstract99/234.html (273 words)

	indiacancer.org - Retinoblastoma (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Teletherapy or external radiation is given via a machine remote from the body while
		Teletherapy to both eyes, if there is some vision in both eyes.
		It is important to note here that this skin problem is associated only with teletherapy or external radiation therapy.
	www.indiacancer.org /coca/r/retino.html (1302 words)

	The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 4 Num 284 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ignoring experts' recommendations, the government is going to purchase three 'cobalt radioactive sources' instead of new improved machines for cancer treatment that might cause a huge waste of public funds.
		Three sources of cobalt teletherapy machines at Rajshahi, Sylhet and Rangpur medical college hospitals require replacement when nearly half of the life of the sources has expired.
		Leading cancer specialists including the Radiation Safety and Control director of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC) officially stated that six Chinese teletherapy machines including those three procured in 1994 are 'not worth operating' as they remained almost 'non-functional' ever since their installation in 1999.
	www.thedailystar.net /2004/03/16/d4031601033.htm (456 words)

	CHAPTER 459 - HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
		459.3887 Teletherapy: Requirement for persons who maintain or repair sealed sources and units.
		459.3895 Teletherapy: Posting of instructions at unit; instruction for operators of unit; records regarding instruction.
		459.3924 Teletherapy: Radiation surveys for verification of dose rates and dose quantities per unit of time; records.
	www.leg.state.nv.us /NAC/NAC-459.html (4113 words)

	Psychology Today: Mental TV - teletherapy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Teletherapy is a new method of psychological healing based on the careful analysis of prescribed television viewing.
		The word television comes from the Greek tele, which means "distant" or "far off," and the Latin visio, meaning "to see." So television means seeing something from a distance.
		Thus the term teletherapy means to be healed from far away.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1175/is_n6_v29/ai_18836770 (1472 words)

	ASCO - Florida - CAC Final LMRP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Special teletherapy port plan is utilized when a plan for any special beam consideration is required,
		Medicare Part B of Florida will consider special teletherapy port plan to be medically necessary only when a plan for a special beam consideration is required for the treatment of a neoplasm, such as the use of electrons or heavy particles.
		Special teletherapy port plan is an electron calculation and would not be billed for the same treatment field with a basic radiation dosimetry calculation
	www.oncology.com /ac/1,1003,_12-002393-00_18-0025562,00.asp?state=FL (584 words)

	Canada Gazette
		"radioactive source teletherapy machine" means a teletherapy machine that is designed to deliver doses of radiation produced by a nuclear substance.
		"teletherapy machine" means a device that is designed to deliver controlled doses of radiation in a collimated beam for therapeutic purposes.
		Every licensee shall, after changing a sealed source in a teletherapy machine or altering the shielding of a Class II nuclear facility containing a teletherapy machine, at all accessible locations within the nuclear facility and in the following manner, take measurements of the radiation dose rates while the teletherapy machine is in the irradiation mode:
	canadagazette.gc.ca /partI/1998/19981010/html/regle2-e.html (6497 words)

	Public Health_333_116
		(41) "Teletherapy" means therapeutic irradiation in which the source of radiation is at a distance from the body.
		This does not apply to teletherapy sources in teletherapy units, gamma stereotactic radiosurgery sources, or sealed sources in diagnostic devices.
		Use of a sealed source in a remote afterloader unit, teletherapy unit, or gamma stereotactic radiosurgery unit.
	arcweb.sos.state.or.us /rules/OARs_300/OAR_333/333_116.html (13573 words)

	ASCO - Maine - CAC Final LMRP (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		This service is considered medically necessary once per port when the physician determines that it is necessary to have a measurement of the amount of radiation that a patient has actually received at a given point with the final results being utilized to accept or modify the current treatment plan.
		Physician documentation must be specific to the number of volumes of interest, location of tumor(s) to be treated as well as the specific number of involve ports with each volume of interest.
		This service is considered reasonable and necessary only when a plan for a special beam consideration is required for the treatment of a neoplasm, such as the use of complex electrons or heavy particles.
	www.asco.org /ac/1,1003,_12-002393-00_18-0023952,00.asp?state=ME (2103 words)

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