Abstract：
:Quality control (QC) data of radiotherapy linear accelerators, collected by Helsinki University Central Hospital between the years 2000 and 2004, were analysed. The goal was to provide information for the evaluation and elaboration of QC of accelerator outputs and to propose a method for QC data analysis. Short- and long-term drifts in outputs were quantified by fitting empirical mathematical models to the QC measurements. Normally, long-term drifts were well (< or =1%) modelled by either a straight line or a single-exponential function. A drift of 2% occurred in 18 +/- 12 months. The shortest drift times of only 2-3 months were observed for some new accelerators just after the commissioning but they stabilized during the first 2-3 years. The short-term reproducibility and the long-term stability of local constancy checks, carried out with a sealed plane parallel ion chamber, were also estimated by fitting empirical models to the QC measurements. The reproducibility was 0.2-0.5% depending on the positioning practice of a device. Long-term instabilities of about 0.3%/month were observed for some checking devices. The reproducibility of local absorbed dose measurements was estimated to be about 0.5%. The proposed empirical model fitting of QC data facilitates the recognition of erroneous QC measurements and abnormal output behaviour, caused by malfunctions, offering a tool to improve dose control.
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Phys Med Bioljournal_title
Physics in medicine and biologyauthors
Kapanen M,Tenhunen M,Hämäläinen T,Sipilä P,Parkkinen R,Järvinen Hdoi
10.1088/0031-9155/51/14/020subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2006-07-21 00:00:00pages
3581-92issue
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0031-9155issn
1361-6560pii
S0031-9155(06)14327-4journal_volume
51pub_type
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