The objective of this work was to assess both the perception of failure modes in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) when the linac is operated at the edge of tolerances given in AAPM TG-40 (Kutcher et al.) and TG-142 (Klein et al.) as well as the application of FMEA to this specific section of the IMRT process

An FMEA evaluation of intensity modulated radiation therapy dose delivery failures at tolerance criteria levels / Faught, Jacqueline Tonigan; Balter, Peter A.; Johnson, Jennifer L.; Kry, Stephen F.; Court, Laurence E.; Stingo, FRANCESCO CLAUDIO; Followill, David S.. - In: MEDICAL PHYSICS. - ISSN 0094-2405. - STAMPA. - 44:(2017), pp. 5575-5583. [10.1002/mp.12551]

An FMEA evaluation of intensity modulated radiation therapy dose delivery failures at tolerance criteria levels

Stingo, Francesco C.;
2017

Abstract

The objective of this work was to assess both the perception of failure modes in Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) when the linac is operated at the edge of tolerances given in AAPM TG-40 (Kutcher et al.) and TG-142 (Klein et al.) as well as the application of FMEA to this specific section of the IMRT process
2017
44
5575
5583
Faught, Jacqueline Tonigan; Balter, Peter A.; Johnson, Jennifer L.; Kry, Stephen F.; Court, Laurence E.; Stingo, FRANCESCO CLAUDIO; Followill, David S.
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