Report of AAPM TG 135: Quality assurance for robotic radiosurgery

Sonja Dieterich; Carlo Cavedon; Cynthia F. Chuang; Alan B. Cohen; Jeffrey A. Garrett; Charles L. Lee; Jessica R. Lowenstein; Maximian F. D'Souza; David D. Taylor; Xiaodong Wu; Cheng Yu

doi:10.1118/1.3579139

Report of AAPM TG 135: Quality assurance for robotic radiosurgery

Sonja Dieterich, Carlo Cavedon, Cynthia F. Chuang, Alan B. Cohen, Jeffrey A. Garrett, Charles L. Lee, Jessica R. Lowenstein, Maximian F. D'Souza, David D. Taylor, Xiaodong Wu, Cheng Yu

Radiation Physics

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The task group (TG) for quality assurance for robotic radiosurgery was formed by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine's Science Council under the direction of the Radiation Therapy Committee and the Quality Assurance (QA) Subcommittee. The task group (TG-135) had three main charges: (1) To make recommendations on a code of practice for Robotic Radiosurgery QA; (2) To make recommendations on quality assurance and dosimetric verification techniques, especially in regard to real-time respiratory motion tracking software; (3) To make recommendations on issues which require further research and development. This report provides a general functional overview of the only clinically implemented robotic radiosurgery device, the CyberKnife^®. This report includes sections on device components and their individual component QA recommendations, followed by a section on the QA requirements for integrated systems. Examples of checklists for daily, monthly, annual, and upgrade QA are given as guidance for medical physicists. Areas in which QA procedures are still under development are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2914-2936
Number of pages	23
Journal	Medical physics
Volume	38
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3579139
State	Published - Jun 2011

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quality assurance
radiation therapy
robotic radiosurgery
stereotactic radiosurgery

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Biophysics
Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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