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PREAMBLE

I. INTRODUCTION

II.

QUALIFICATIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF QUALIFIED MEDICAL PHYSICIST

III. PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AND MONITORED

A. Acceptance Testing

III. PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AND MONITORED

Performance Evaluation

III. PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AND MONITORED

C. QA Program

III. PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AND MONITORED

D. QC checklist for procedure

III. PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AND MONITORED

E. Supervision of procedure

III. PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AND MONITORED

F. Treatment planning process

III. PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AND MONITORED

G. Treatment delivery process

III. PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED AND MONITORED

H. Commissioning Reports and Patient Safety Recommendations

IV. SBRT QA

A. Equipment Performance and Integration

IV. SBRT QA

B. Post-Imaging Patient Positioning Correction Strategies

IV. SBRT QA

C. PSQA

IV. SBRT QA

D. Procedure-specific QC

V. SUMMARY

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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

ACR
Pacella, Matthew A MS, Chair
Buckey, Courtney R PhD
Chao, Samuel MD
Dieguez Gonzalez, Ana MS
Halvorsen, Per H MS
Schofield, Deborah L PhD

AAPM
Adamson, Justus D PhD
Castillo, Richard PhD
Kim, Grace Gew-Ya PhD
Kim, Siyong PhD

Committee on Practice Parameters and Technical Standards – Medical Physics

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

Committee on Practice Parameters and Technical Standards

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

Newell, Mary S MD, Chair

Caplin, Drew M MD

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

Mahesh, Mahadevappa MS, PhD, Chair, Commission on Medical Physics

Comments Reconciliation Committee

Amurao, Maxwell MBA, PhD - CSC, Chair	Ellerbroek, Nancy A MD - CSC, Co-Chair	Adamson, Justus D PhD	Buckey, Courtney R PhD
Caplin, Drew M MD	Castillo, Richard PhD	Chao, Samuel MD	Crummy, Timothy MD, MHA - CSC
Dieguez Gonzalez, Ana MS	Halvorsen, Per H MS	Keenan, Mary Ann DMP	Kim, Grace Gew-Ya PhD
Kim, Siyong PhD	Larson, David B MBA, MD	Mahesh, Mahadevappa MS, PhD	Newell, Mary S MD
Pacella, Matthew A MS	Schofield, Deborah L PhD	Schoppe, Kurt MD - CSC

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