Commissioning and Quality Assurance of Computerized Planning Systems for Radiation Treatment of Cancer (Technical Reports Series) - Softcover

International Atomic Energy Agency

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9201053045 ISBN 13: 9789201053046

Publisher: International Atomic Energy Agency, 2004

Synopsis

This report is intended to support hospitals in developing procedures for the commissioning and quality assurance (QA) of computerized treatment planning systems (TPSs). The relatively low cost of today’s equipment has made TPSs widely available in industrialized and developing countries, but, with the exception of a few national recommendations for QA in North America and Western Europe, there are no publications available that professionals can follow to develop procedures to check their TPSs. The rationale for the multiple tests described in this report is related to the four major issues of a well structured QA programme in computerized treatment planning, namely education, verification, documentation and communication.

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Synopsis

The relatively low cost of equipment has made treatment planning systems (TPSs) widely available in industrialised and developing countries. This report is intended to support hospitals in developing procedures for the commissioning and quality assurance of computerised TPSs, covering four key issues relating to education, verification, documentation and communication.

Edition details

• Publisher: International Atomic Energy Agency
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9201053045
• ISBN 13: 9789201053046
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 281