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ACR–AAPM TECHNICAL STANDARD FOR EXTERNAL-BEAM RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING

PREAMBLE

I.

INTRODUCTION

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

A.

Quality Management Team

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

B.

Service Records

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

C.

Records of Devices

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

D.

Policies (as applicable)

II.

QUALITY MANAGEMENT

E.

Reporting Structure for Findings

III.

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL

III.

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL

A.

Periodic Review of Settings

III.

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL

B.

Staff Training

C.

Acceptance Testing and/or Commissioning

D.

Equipment Performance Evaluation Checks

E.

Continuous QA

IV.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

A.

Qualified Medical Physicist

IV.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

B.

Physician

IV.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

C.

Medical Dosimetrist

IV.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

D.

Radiation Therapist

IV.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

E.

Medical Physicist Assistant

IV.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF PERSONNEL

F.

Information Technology (IT) Professional

V.

TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS/SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROCEDURE

A.

Planning

V.

TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS/SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROCEDURE

B.

Delivery

V.

TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS/SPECIFICATIONS OF THE PROCEDURE

C.

Verification

VI.

QUALITY CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT, SAFETY, INFECTION CONTROL, AND PATIENT EDUCATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Writing Committee – members represent their societies in the initial and final revision of this practice parameter

ACR
Schofield, Deborah L PhD, Chair
Buckey, Courtney R PhD
Dieguez Gonzalez, Ana MS
Gros, Sebastien PhD
Tarver, Russell B MS
Wells, Michelle C MS

AAPM
Bailey, Daniel PhD
Krauss, Robert DMP
Paisley, Jason MS
Savarese, Jason MS

Committee on Practice Parameters and Technical Standards – Medical Physics

(ACR Committee responsible for sponsoring the draft through the process)

Pacella, Matthew A MS, Chair	Bevins, Nicholas PhD	Buckey, Courtney R PhD	Butler, Renee MS
DeAngelis, Dylan MS	Deng, Shengwen PhD	Dieguez Gonzalez, Ana MS	Grice, Jared V DMP
Gros, Sebastien PhD	Keenan, Mary Ann DMP	Schaeffer, Colin PhD	Schofield, Deborah L PhD
Tarver, Russell B MS

Committee on Practice Parameters and Technical Standards

(ACR Committee responsible for sponsoring the draft through the process)

Caplin, Drew M MD, Chair

Amurao, Maxwell MBA, PhD, Chair, Commission on Medical Physics

Larson, David B MBA, MD, Chair, Commission on Quality and Safety

Comments Reconciliation Committee

Edmonson, Heidi A PhD - CSC, Chair	Prosper, Ashley MD - CSC, Co-Chair	Amurao, Maxwell MBA, PhD	Bailey, Daniel PhD
Buckey, Courtney R PhD	Caplin, Drew M MD	Dieguez Gonzalez, Ana MS	Gros, Sebastien PhD
Krauss, Robert DMP	Larson, David B MBA, MD	Pacella, Matthew A MS	Paisley, Jason MS
Rubin, Eric MD - CSC	Savarese, Jason MS	Schofield, Deborah L PhD	Schoppe, Kurt MD - CSC
Tarver, Russell B MS	Wells, Michelle C MS

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