Quality assurance for computed-tomography simulators and the computed-tomography-simulation process: report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 66

Sasa Mutic; Jatinder R Palta; Elizabeth K Butker; Indra J Das; M Saiful Huq; Leh-Nien Dick Loo; Bill J Salter; Cynthia H McCollough; Jacob Van Dyk; AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 66

doi:10.1118/1.1609271

Quality assurance for computed-tomography simulators and the computed-tomography-simulation process: report of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 66

Med Phys. 2003 Oct;30(10):2762-92. doi: 10.1118/1.1609271.

Authors

Sasa Mutic¹, Jatinder R Palta, Elizabeth K Butker, Indra J Das, M Saiful Huq, Leh-Nien Dick Loo, Bill J Salter, Cynthia H McCollough, Jacob Van Dyk; AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee Task Group No. 66

Affiliation

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA. mutic@radonc.wustl.edu

PMID: 14596315
DOI: 10.1118/1.1609271

Abstract

This document presents recommendations of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) for quality assurance of computed-tomography- (CT) simulators and CT-simulation process. This report was prepared by Task Group No. 66 of the AAPM Radiation Therapy Committee. It was approved by the Radiation Therapy Committee and by the AAPM Science Council.

MeSH terms

Computer Simulation
Computers
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Models, Statistical
Occupational Exposure
Quality Control
Radiation Protection
Radiometry
Radiotherapy Dosage
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / instrumentation*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / standards*
X-Rays