Name and address of the hospital: Phone: Fax: Name of the Medical Physicist: Phone: Email: |
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Make and model of Medical linear accelerator |
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2. |
Photon energy used for IMRT |
6MV/15MV/18MV |
3. |
Make and model of MLC used for IMRT |
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4. |
Procedure adopted for QA of delivery system (machine specific QA). Describe the parameter, test methods and tools used.) (please write in details , add separate page if needed) |
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5. |
Make and model of the treatment planning system |
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Procedure adopted for QA of treatment planning system used for IMRT/IGRT (TPS specific QA). Describe the parameter such dosimetric and non dosimetric parameters, test methods and tools used.(please write in details , add separate page if needed) |
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7. |
Make and model of the imaging systems used for IMRT (e.g. CT-Sim, Sim-CT, PET-CT etc) |
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8. |
Procedure adopted for Patient specific QA about: QA for setup verification
Describe the parameter, test methods and tools used.(please write in details , add separate page if needed) |
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9. |
Is there any QA related to IMRT/IGRT carried out daily? if yes please describe it. |
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10. |
Available QA tools, Make and models of dosimetry systems used in QA. ( Such as map checks, Imatrix, diode, MOSFET etc) |
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11. |
Frequency of QA |
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1.TPS specific QA: |
Daily/ weekly/ monthly/ others |
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2.Machine specific QA: |
Daily/ weekly/Monthly/Others |
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3.Patient specific QA: |
Daily/ weekly/Monthly/Others |
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12. |
Sites and number of IMRT cases treated at your centre. |
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13. |
Margins for PTV in various cases such as for H&N, Prostate, etc |
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14. |
Criteria for accepting IMRT plan (e.g. spatial agreement, dose agreement etc) |
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15. |
Have you ever detected deviation larger than acceptable limit during the QA measurement? (if yes provide details) |
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16. |
Are you satisfied with IMRT QA procedure? |
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17. |
Major hurdle in performing IMRT QA |
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18. |
Any suggestion for improving the IMRT QA procedure in Indian condition |
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19. | Any other suggestion/information | |
Table 1: Format of IMRT QA survey questionnaire which was circulated to radiotherapy centres in India. |