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Accelerator beam data commissioning equipment and procedures: Report of the TG‐106 of the Therapy Physics Committee of the AAPM

Overview of attention for article published in Medical Physics, August 2008
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Title
Accelerator beam data commissioning equipment and procedures: Report of the TG‐106 of the Therapy Physics Committee of the AAPM
Published in
Medical Physics, August 2008
DOI 10.1118/1.2969070
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Indra J. Das, Chee‐Wai Cheng, Ronald J. Watts, Anders Ahnesjö, John Gibbons, X. Allen Li, Jessica Lowenstein, Raj K. Mitra, William E. Simon, Timothy C. Zhu

Abstract

For commissioning a linear accelerator for clinical use, medical physicists are faced with many challenges including the need for precision, a variety of testing methods, data validation, the lack of standards, and time constraints. Since commissioning beam data are treated as a reference and ultimately used by treatment planning systems, it is vitally important that the collected data are of the highest quality to avoid dosimetric and patient treatment errors that may subsequently lead to a poor radiation outcome. Beam data commissioning should be performed with appropriate knowledge and proper tools and should be independent of the person collecting the data. To achieve this goal, Task Group 106 (TG-106) of the Therapy Physics Committee of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine was formed to review the practical aspects as well as the physics of linear accelerator commissioning. The report provides guidelines and recommendations on the proper selection of phantoms and detectors, setting up of a phantom for data acquisition (both scanning and no-scanning data), procedures for acquiring specific photon and electron beam parameters and methods to reduce measurement errors (<1%), beam data processing and detector size convolution for accurate profiles. The TG-106 also provides a brief discussion on the emerging trend in Monte Carlo simulation techniques in photon and electron beam commissioning. The procedures described in this report should assist a qualified medical physicist in either measuring a complete set of beam data, or in verifying a subset of data before initial use or for periodic quality assurance measurements. By combining practical experience with theoretical discussion, this document sets a new standard for beam data commissioning.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 7 1%
Canada 5 <1%
Japan 3 <1%
United States 3 <1%
United Kingdom 2 <1%
Greece 2 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Belgium 1 <1%
Brazil 1 <1%
Other 4 <1%
Unknown 636 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 104 16%
Student > Ph. D. Student 101 15%
Student > Master 99 15%
Other 89 13%
Professor > Associate Professor 34 5%
Other 114 17%
Unknown 124 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Physics and Astronomy 304 46%
Medicine and Dentistry 119 18%
Engineering 24 4%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 17 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 9 1%
Other 40 6%
Unknown 152 23%
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