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CLINAC Commissioning

The document outlines the scope of work for beam data collection and modeling for a linear accelerator including collecting depth dose, beam profiles, output factors, and other measurements; documenting the data in clinical books; performing an absolute output calibration according to IAEA TRS 398; and entering the measurement data into a treatment planning system with calculation checks and distance measurements within specified tolerances.

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CLINAC Commissioning

The document outlines the scope of work for beam data collection and modeling for a linear accelerator including collecting depth dose, beam profiles, output factors, and other measurements; documenting the data in clinical books; performing an absolute output calibration according to IAEA TRS 398; and entering the measurement data into a treatment planning system with calculation checks and distance measurements within specified tolerances.

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Beam Data collection

including: Data Collection as determined by your Treatment Planning System - Depth dose for open fields - Beam profiles for open fields - Output factors for 2 photon energies, hard wedge inclusive - Wedge depth dose scans for one set of 4 hard wedges - Measurement of accessory attenuation factors - Depth ionization, and dose, as required by TPS, per energy and cone - Electron profile data as required by TPS - Output factors for electron cones as required by TPS - Conversion of measured data for import to TPS Documentation- Clinical Data Books - Open field x-ray PDD and TMR tables - Wedged Field x-ray PDD tables - X-ray output factor tables (Scp, Sc,Sp) - Field size dependant wedge factor tables - Transmission factor tables - Open field off-axis tables at selected depth (largest field size) - Wedged field off-axis tables at selected depths, (largest field size) - Electron cone ratios and effective source distance - Electron PDD tables - Selected isodose curves for reference field sizes for photon and electrons - Scope of work report - All measured scans printed with analysis

Absolute Output Calibration according to IAEA TRS 398


Absolute Output Calibrations of the machine will be performed for all energies. The output will be set to deliver 1.0 cGy/MU in water at a depth of dmax. The output will be determined following the IAEA Technical Report Series No. 398 Including: - Data Collection and calibration of linac - Assemble and report findings in spreadsheet format

Beam Data Modeling for CMS XiO


Planning system Data Entry and Modeling - Entry of data into planning system - Calculation checks for all photon beams - Output factors for open fields per TPS recommendations - Output factors for rectangular fields per TPS recommendations - PDD and profile per TPS recommendations - Distance measurements within 1mm / 2*voxel size

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