Journal article
Quality assurance for nonradiographic radiotherapy localization and positioning systems: Report of Task Group 147
Medical physics (Lancaster), Vol.39(4), pp.1728-1747
03/08/2012
DOI: 10.1118/1.3681967
PMID: 22482598
Abstract
New technologies continue to be developed to improve the practice of radiation therapy. As several of these technologies have been implemented clinically, the Therapy Committee and the Quality Assurance and Outcomes Improvement Subcommittee of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine commissioned Task Group 147 to review the current nonradiographic technologies used for localization and tracking in radiotherapy. The specific charge of this task group was to make recommendations about the use of nonradiographic methods of localization, specifically; radiofrequency, infrared, laser, and video based patient localization and monitoring systems. The charge of this task group was to review the current use of these technologies and to write quality assurance guidelines for the use of these technologies in the clinical setting. Recommendations include testing of equipment for initial installation as well as ongoing quality assurance. As the equipment included in this task group continues to evolve, both in the type and sophistication of technology and in level of integration with treatment devices, some of the details of how one would conduct such testing will also continue to evolve. This task group, therefore, is focused on providing recommendations on the use of this equipment rather than on the equipment itself, and should be adaptable to each user's situation in helping develop a comprehensive quality assurance program.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Quality assurance for nonradiographic radiotherapy localization and positioning systems: Report of Task Group 147
- Creators
- Twyla Willoughby - Co-Chair, Task Group 147, Department of Radiation Physics, M.D. Anderson Orlando, Orlando, Florida 32806Joerg Lehmann - Co-Chair, Task Group 147, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California 95817José Bencomo - Department of Radiation Oncology, US Oncology and Affiliates, Brownsville, Texas 78521Shirish Jani - Department of Radiation Oncology, Sharp Metropolitan Medical Campus, San Diego, California 92123Lakshmi Santanam - Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110Anil Sethi - Department of Radiation Oncology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois 60153Timothy Solberg - Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390Wolfgang Tomé - Department of Human Oncology and Medical Physics, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53792Timothy Waldron - Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Medical physics (Lancaster), Vol.39(4), pp.1728-1747
- DOI
- 10.1118/1.3681967
- PMID
- 22482598
- NLM abbreviation
- Med Phys
- ISSN
- 0094-2405
- eISSN
- 2473-4209
- Publisher
- American Association of Physicists in Medicine
- Date published
- 03/08/2012
- Academic Unit
- Radiation Oncology
- Record Identifier
- 9984047628402771
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