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FOREWORD<br>INTRODUCTION<br>1 Scope<br>2 Normative references<br>3 Terms and definitions<br>4 Environmental conditions<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1 General<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2 Transport and storage<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3 Power supply<br>5 General information to the USER<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.1 Functional performance characteristics<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.2 Available nominal energies and ABSORBED DOSE RATES<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.3 Available RADIATION FIELDS<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.4 NORMAL TREATMENT DISTANCE<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.5 Available WEDGE X-RAY FIELDS<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.6 Available flattening FILTERS<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.7 Availability<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.8 Influencing quantities<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.9 Maintenance<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.10 Presentation<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.11 Dimensions, clearances, within the RADIATION HEAD, and <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;in the region RADIATION HEAD to ISOCENTRE, of BEAM <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;LIMITING DEVICES<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;5.12 IMRT<br>6 Standardized test conditions<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.1 General<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.2 Angle settings<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.3 Properties and positioning of the PHANTOM<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.4 Positioning of measuring points<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.5 RADIATION DETECTORS<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.6 STANDARD MEASUREMENT DEPTHS<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.7 RADIATION FIELDS<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.8 Adjustments during test<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;6.9 Use of RADIOGRAPHIC FILM or alternative imaging method<br>7 DOSE MONITORING SYSTEM<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.1 General<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.2 Reproducibility<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.3 Proportionality<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.4 Dependence on angular positions<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.5 Dependence on GANTRY rotation<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.6 Dependence on the shape of the RADIATION FIELD<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.7 Stability of calibration<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7.8 Stability in MOVING BEAM RADIOTHERAPY<br>8 Depth ABSORBED DOSE characteristics<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.1 X-RADIATION <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;8.2 ELECTRON RADIATION<br>9 Uniformity of RADIATION FIELDS<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.1 X-RADIATION<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.2 ELECTRON RADIATION<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9.3 PENUMBRA of RADIATION FIELDS<br>10 Indication of RADIATION FIELDS<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.1 X-RADIATION<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.2 ELECTRON RADIATION<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.3 Geometry and motion speeds of adjustable BLDs for <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;X-RADIATION and ELECTRON RADIATION<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;10.4 Illuminance and PENUMBRA of the LIGHT FIELD<br>11 Indication of the RADIATION BEAM AXIS<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.1 General<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.2 Indication on entry to the PATIENT<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;11.3 Indication on exit from the PATIENT<br>12 ISOCENTRE<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.1 Displacement of the RADIATION BEAM AXIS from the <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ISOCENTRE<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12.2 Indication of the ISOCENTRE<br>13 Indication of distance along the RADIATION BEAM AXIS<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13.1 Indicating device<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;13.2 Additional indicating device for equipment with <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;variable distance between RADIATION SOURCE and <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;ISOCENTRE and for non-isocentric equipment<br>14 Zero position of rotational scales<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;14.1 General<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;14.2 Information to the USER<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;14.3 Tests<br>15 Congruence of opposed RADIATION FIELDS<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15.1 Information to the USER<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15.2 Test<br>16 Movements of the PATIENT table<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16.1 General<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16.2 Vertical movement of the table<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16.3 ISOCENTRIC rotation of the table<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16.4 Parallelism of table rotational axes<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;16.5 Rigidity of the table<br>17 ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICE (e.g. EPID)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;17.1 Information to the USER<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;17.2 Tests<br>Annex A (informative) Format for presentation of functional <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;performances values<br>Index of defined terms

Abstract

Applies to medical ELECTRON ACCELERATORS when used, for therapy purposes, in human medical practice.

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Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	International Electrotechnical Committee
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Committee	TC 62