Quality assurance for image-guided radiation therapy utilizing CT-based technologies: a report of the AAPM TG-179.

@article{Bissonnette2012QualityAF,
  title={Quality assurance for image-guided radiation therapy utilizing CT-based technologies: a report of the AAPM TG-179.},
  author={Jean-Pierre Bissonnette and Peter A. Balter and Lei Dong and Katja Langen and Dale Michael Lovelock and Moyed Miften and Douglas J. Moseley and Jean Pouliot and Jan-Jakob Sonke and Sua Yoo},
  journal={Medical physics},
  year={2012},
  volume={39 4},
  pages={
          1946-63
        }
}
PURPOSE Commercial CT-based image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) systems allow widespread management of geometric variations in patient setup and internal organ motion. This document provides consensus recommendations for quality assurance protocols that ensure patient safety and patient treatment fidelity for such systems. METHODS The AAPM TG-179 reviews clinical implementation and quality assurance aspects for commercially available CT-based IGRT, each with their unique capabilities and… 
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