AAPM Task Group 198 Report: An implementation guide for TG 142 quality assurance of medical accelerators

Joseph Hanley; Sean Dresser; William Simon; Ryan Flynn; Eric E. Klein; Daniel Letourneau; Chihray Liu; Fang Fang Yin; Bijan Arjomandy; Lijun Ma; Francisco Aguirre; Jimmy Jones; John Bayouth; Todd Holmes

doi:10.1002/mp.14992

AAPM Task Group 198 Report: An implementation guide for TG 142 quality assurance of medical accelerators

Joseph Hanley, Sean Dresser, William Simon, Ryan Flynn, Eric E. Klein, Daniel Letourneau, Chihray Liu, Fang Fang Yin, Bijan Arjomandy, Lijun Ma, Francisco Aguirre, Jimmy Jones, John Bayouth, Todd Holmes

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	e830-e885
Journal	Medical Physics
Volume	48
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.14992
State	Published - Oct 2021
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

QA
accelerator
quality assurance
radiotherapy

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Biophysics
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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