Commissioning and Evaluation of a Third-Party 6 Degrees-of-Freedom Couch Used in Radiotherapy.

Maria F Chan Seng Boh LimXiang LiXiaoli TangPeng ZhangChengyu Shi

Published in: Technology in cancer research & treatment (2020)

A 6 degrees-of-freedom quality assurance phantom is helpful for the commissioning and routine quality assurance tests. Due to the third-party integration with Linac, the system is prone to "double-correction" errors. A rigorous quality assurance program is the key to a successful clinical implementation of the Protura system.

Keyphrases

quality improvement
early stage
patient safety
primary care
healthcare
locally advanced
radiation therapy
clinical practice
radiation induced
image quality
adverse drug
squamous cell carcinoma
magnetic resonance imaging
computed tomography
emergency department
magnetic resonance
electronic health record