AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline 8.a.: Linear accelerator performance tests.

CONCLUSION: This guideline will assist the QMP in developing a comprehensive QA program for linacs in the external beam radiation therapy setting. The committee sought to prioritize tests by their implication on quality and patient safety. The QMP is ultimately responsible for implementing appropriate tests. In the spirit of the report from American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group 100, individual institutions are encouraged to analyze the risks involved in their own clinical practice and determine which performance tests are relevant in their own radiotherapy clinics.
PMID: 28548315 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics - May 26, 2017 Category: Physics Authors: Smith K, Balter P, Duhon J, White GA, Vassy DL, Miller RA, Serago CF, Fairobent LA Tags: J Appl Clin Med Phys Source Type: research