Journal article
AAPM Task Group 198 Report: An implementation guide for TG 142 quality assurance of medical accelerators
Medical physics (Lancaster), Vol.48(10), pp.E830-E885
10/01/2021
DOI: 10.1002/mp.14992
PMID: 34036590
Abstract
The charges on this task group (TG) were as follows: (a) provide specific procedural guidelines for performing the tests recommended in TG 142; (b) provide estimate of the range of time, appropriate personnel, and qualifications necessary to complete the tests in TG 142; and (c) provide sample daily, weekly, monthly, or annual quality assurance (QA) forms. Many of the guidelines in this report are drawn from the literature and are included in the references. When literature was not available, specific test methods reflect the experiences of the TG members (e.g., a test method for door interlock is self-evident with no literature necessary). In other cases, the technology is so new that no literature for test methods was available. Given broad clinical adaptation of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), which is not a specific topic of TG 142, several tests and criteria specific to VMAT were added.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- AAPM Task Group 198 Report: An implementation guide for TG 142 quality assurance of medical accelerators
- Creators
- Joseph Hanley - Princeton UniversitySean Dresser - Emory UniversityWilliam Simon - Sun NuclearRyan Flynn - University of IowaEric E. Klein - Rhode Island HospitalDaniel Letourneau - Princess Margaret Cancer CentreChihray Liu - University of FloridaFang-Fang Yin - Duke UniversityBijan Arjomandy - Karmanos Cancer InstituteLijun Ma - University of California, San FranciscoFrancisco Aguirre - Mansfield UniversityJimmy Jones - Poudre Valley HospitalJohn Bayouth - University of Wisconsin–MadisonTodd Holmes - Varian Medical Systems
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Medical physics (Lancaster), Vol.48(10), pp.E830-E885
- Publisher
- Wiley
- DOI
- 10.1002/mp.14992
- PMID
- 34036590
- ISSN
- 0094-2405
- eISSN
- 2473-4209
- Number of pages
- 56
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology
- Record Identifier
- 9984313073802771
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