Abstract
Helical tomotherapy is a relatively new modality with integrated treatment planning and delivery hardware for radiation therapy treatments. In view of the uniqueness of the hardware design of the helical tomotherapy unit and its implications in routine quality assurance, the Therapy Physics Committee of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine commissioned Task Group 148 to review this modality and make recommendations for quality assurance related methodologies. The specific objectives of this Task Group are: (a) To discuss quality assurance techniques, frequencies, and tolerances and (b) discuss dosimetric verification techniques applicable to this unit. This report summarizes the findings of the Task Group and aims to provide the practicing clinical medical physicist with the insight into the technology that is necessary to establish an independent and comprehensive quality assurance program for a helical tomotherapy unit. The emphasis of the report is to describe the rationale for the proposed QA program and to provide example tests that can be performed, drawing from the collective experience of the task group members and the published literature. It is expected that as technology continues to evolve, so will the test procedures that may be used in the future to perform comprehensive quality assurance for
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Langen, Katja M.;
Papanikolaou, Niko;
Balog, John;
Crilly, Richard;
Followill, David;
Goddu, S. Murty;
Grant, Walter III;
Olivera, Gustavo;
Ramsey, Chester R.;
Chengyu, Shi;
[1]
Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229 (United States);
Mohawk Valley Medical Physics, Rome, New York 13440 (United States);
Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 (United States);
Section of Outreach Physics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States);
Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 (United States);
Department of Radiology/Section of Radiation Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States);
TomoTherapy, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin 53717 and Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States);
Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916 (United States);
Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229 (United States)]
- Department of Radiation Oncology, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Orlando, Florida 32806 (United States)
Citation Formats
Langen, Katja M., Papanikolaou, Niko, Balog, John, Crilly, Richard, Followill, David, Goddu, S. Murty, Grant, Walter III, Olivera, Gustavo, Ramsey, Chester R., Chengyu, Shi, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229 (United States), Mohawk Valley Medical Physics, Rome, New York 13440 (United States), Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 (United States), Section of Outreach Physics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States), Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 (United States), Department of Radiology/Section of Radiation Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States), TomoTherapy, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin 53717 and Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States), Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916 (United States), and Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229 (United States)].
QA for helical tomotherapy: Report of the AAPM Task Group 148.
United States: N. p.,
2010.
Web.
doi:10.1118/1.3462971.
Langen, Katja M., Papanikolaou, Niko, Balog, John, Crilly, Richard, Followill, David, Goddu, S. Murty, Grant, Walter III, Olivera, Gustavo, Ramsey, Chester R., Chengyu, Shi, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229 (United States), Mohawk Valley Medical Physics, Rome, New York 13440 (United States), Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 (United States), Section of Outreach Physics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States), Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 (United States), Department of Radiology/Section of Radiation Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States), TomoTherapy, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin 53717 and Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States), Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916 (United States), & Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229 (United States)].
QA for helical tomotherapy: Report of the AAPM Task Group 148.
United States.
https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3462971
Langen, Katja M., Papanikolaou, Niko, Balog, John, Crilly, Richard, Followill, David, Goddu, S. Murty, Grant, Walter III, Olivera, Gustavo, Ramsey, Chester R., Chengyu, Shi, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229 (United States), Mohawk Valley Medical Physics, Rome, New York 13440 (United States), Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 (United States), Section of Outreach Physics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States), Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 (United States), Department of Radiology/Section of Radiation Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States), TomoTherapy, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin 53717 and Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States), Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916 (United States), and Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229 (United States)].
2010.
"QA for helical tomotherapy: Report of the AAPM Task Group 148."
United States.
https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3462971.
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author = {Langen, Katja M., Papanikolaou, Niko, Balog, John, Crilly, Richard, Followill, David, Goddu, S. Murty, Grant, Walter III, Olivera, Gustavo, Ramsey, Chester R., Chengyu, Shi, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229 (United States), Mohawk Valley Medical Physics, Rome, New York 13440 (United States), Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 (United States), Section of Outreach Physics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States), Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 (United States), Department of Radiology/Section of Radiation Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States), TomoTherapy, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin 53717 and Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States), Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916 (United States), and Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229 (United States)]}
abstractNote = {Helical tomotherapy is a relatively new modality with integrated treatment planning and delivery hardware for radiation therapy treatments. In view of the uniqueness of the hardware design of the helical tomotherapy unit and its implications in routine quality assurance, the Therapy Physics Committee of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine commissioned Task Group 148 to review this modality and make recommendations for quality assurance related methodologies. The specific objectives of this Task Group are: (a) To discuss quality assurance techniques, frequencies, and tolerances and (b) discuss dosimetric verification techniques applicable to this unit. This report summarizes the findings of the Task Group and aims to provide the practicing clinical medical physicist with the insight into the technology that is necessary to establish an independent and comprehensive quality assurance program for a helical tomotherapy unit. The emphasis of the report is to describe the rationale for the proposed QA program and to provide example tests that can be performed, drawing from the collective experience of the task group members and the published literature. It is expected that as technology continues to evolve, so will the test procedures that may be used in the future to perform comprehensive quality assurance for helical tomotherapy units.}
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title = {QA for helical tomotherapy: Report of the AAPM Task Group 148}
author = {Langen, Katja M., Papanikolaou, Niko, Balog, John, Crilly, Richard, Followill, David, Goddu, S. Murty, Grant, Walter III, Olivera, Gustavo, Ramsey, Chester R., Chengyu, Shi, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229 (United States), Mohawk Valley Medical Physics, Rome, New York 13440 (United States), Department of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon 97239 (United States), Section of Outreach Physics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States), Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110 (United States), Department of Radiology/Section of Radiation Oncology, Baylor College of Medicine, Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States), TomoTherapy, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin 53717 and Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 53706 (United States), Thompson Cancer Survival Center, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916 (United States), and Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78229 (United States)]}
abstractNote = {Helical tomotherapy is a relatively new modality with integrated treatment planning and delivery hardware for radiation therapy treatments. In view of the uniqueness of the hardware design of the helical tomotherapy unit and its implications in routine quality assurance, the Therapy Physics Committee of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine commissioned Task Group 148 to review this modality and make recommendations for quality assurance related methodologies. The specific objectives of this Task Group are: (a) To discuss quality assurance techniques, frequencies, and tolerances and (b) discuss dosimetric verification techniques applicable to this unit. This report summarizes the findings of the Task Group and aims to provide the practicing clinical medical physicist with the insight into the technology that is necessary to establish an independent and comprehensive quality assurance program for a helical tomotherapy unit. The emphasis of the report is to describe the rationale for the proposed QA program and to provide example tests that can be performed, drawing from the collective experience of the task group members and the published literature. It is expected that as technology continues to evolve, so will the test procedures that may be used in the future to perform comprehensive quality assurance for helical tomotherapy units.}
doi = {10.1118/1.3462971}
journal = []
issue = {9}
volume = {37}
journal type = {AC}
place = {United States}
year = {2010}
month = {Sep}
}