COMP report: CPQR technical quality control guidelines for major dosimetry equipment.

Gérard Lagmago Kamta

doi:10.1002/acm2.12346

Abstract

The Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP), in close partnership with the Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy (CPQR) has developed a series of Technical Quality Control (TQC) guidelines for radiation treatment equipment. These guidelines outline the performance objectives that equipment should meet to ensure an acceptable level of radiation treatment quality. The TQC guidelines have been rigorously reviewed and field tested in a variety of Canadian radiation treatment facilities. The development process enables rapid review and update to keep the guidelines current with changes in technology (the most update version of this guideline can be found on the CPQR website). This article provides guidelines for quality control testing of major dosimetry equipment.

Highlights

The Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy (CPQR) is an alliance among the three key national professional organizations involved in the delivery of radiation treatment in Canada: the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO), the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP), and the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT)
The mandate of the CPQR is to support the universal availability of high quality and safe radiotherapy for all Canadians through system performance improvement and the development of consensus-based guidelines and indicators to aid in radiation treatment program development and evaluation
Please refer to the overarching document Technical Quality Control Guidelines for Canadian Radiation Treatment Centres[1] for a programmatic overview of technical quality control, and a description of how the performance objectives and criteria listed in this document should be interpreted

Summary

Introduction

The Canadian Partnership for Quality Radiotherapy (CPQR) is an alliance among the three key national professional organizations involved in the delivery of radiation treatment in Canada: the Canadian Association of Radiation Oncology (CARO), the Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists (COMP), and the Canadian Association of Medical Radiation Technologists (CAMRT). ERD1: Based on AAPM TG-40.12 Multiple TLDs can be cross-calibrated simultaneously against an ion chamber measured dose at a reference depth in a solid phantom using a uniform radiation field.

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