Program Information
The Aftermath of TG-142
E Klein1*, J O'Daniel2*, F Yin2*, (1) Washington University, Saint Louis, MO, (2) Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC
Presentations
TU-B-304-0 (Tuesday, July 14, 2015) 8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Room: 304
Although published in 2009, the AAPM TG-142 report on accelerator quality assurance still proves a challenge for full clinical implementation. The choice of methodologies to satisfy TG-142 requirements is critical to a successful application. Understanding the philosophy of TG-142 can help in creating an institution-specific QA practice that is both efficient and effective. The concept of maintaining commissioned beam profiles is still found confusing. The physicist must also consider technologies not covered by TG-142 (i.e. arc therapy techniques). On the horizon is TG-198 report on implementing TG-142. Although the community still lacks a final TG-100 report, performing a failure-mode-and-effects analysis and statistical process control analysis to determine the institution-specific clinical impact of each TG-142 test may be useful for identifying trends for pro-active surveillance.
Learning Objectives:
1. To better understand the confusing and controversial aspects of TG-142.
2. To understand what is still missing from TG-142 and how to account for these tests in clinical practice
3. To describe which QA tests in TG-142 yield the largest potential clinical result if not discovered.
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