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