Imaging system QA of a medical accelerator, Novalis Tx, for IGRT per TG 142: our 1 year experience

J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2012 Jul 5;13(4):3754. doi: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i4.3754.

Abstract

American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) task group (TG) 142 has recently published a report to update recommendations of the AAPM TG 40 report and add new recommendations concerning medical accelerators in the era of image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT). The recommendations of AAPM TG 142 on IGRT are timely. In our institute, we established a comprehensive imaging QA program on a medical accelerator based on AAPM TG 142 and implemented it successfully. In this paper, we share our one-year experience and performance evaluation of an OBI capable linear accelerator, Novalis Tx, per TG 142 guidelines.

MeSH terms

  • Calibration
  • Humans
  • Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Particle Accelerators / standards*
  • Quality Control
  • Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
  • Radiotherapy, Image-Guided / instrumentation*
  • Radiotherapy, Image-Guided / methods