Analysis and Investigation for the Status of Radiation Therapy QA in Korea / 의학물리
Korean Journal of Medical Physics
;
: 223-231, 2010.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-55608
ABSTRACT
We have taken surveys about total 72 departments of radiation oncology which is performing the treatment with linear accelerator and brachytherapy unit in Korea. The survey was included the research about the linear accelerator, brachytherapy, Also, we surveyed the various performance (QA period, manpower, time) of quality control for understanding of efficiency. The survey results show that the QA test of daily and weekly are almost same comparing to USA and Europe but the QA performance of monthly and yearly in Korea are 15.5 which is less than USA and Europe recommended QA item number of 17 to 21. The manpower and QA time in Korea also lower than 50% of USA and Europe recommended because the manpower and QA time limitation in Korea. It will be expected that the manual of quality management in each clinic could be appropriately established when combining the present results with previously published AAPM TG-40 and other protocols.
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Main subject:
Particle Accelerators
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Quality Control
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Brachytherapy
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Radiation Oncology
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Europe
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Korea
Type of study:
Practice guideline
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
/
Europa
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Korean Journal of Medical Physics
Year:
2010
Type:
Article
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