Ex) Article Title, Author, Keywords
Ex) Article Title, Author, Keywords
Korean Journal of Medical Physics 2010; 21(2): 223-231
Published online June 25, 2010
Copyright © Korean Society of Medical Physics.
Sang Hoon Lee*, Juree Kim*, Sam Ju Cho†, Kwang Hwan Cho‡, Chunil Lim§, Hyeog Ju Kim§, Hyundo Huh∥, Dong Oh Shin¶, Sooil Kwon#, Jinho Choi■
이상훈*ㆍ김주리*ㆍ조삼주†ㆍ조광환‡ㆍ임천일§ㆍ김혁주§ㆍ허현도∥ㆍ신동오¶ㆍ권수일#ㆍ최진호■
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.
KeywordsLinear accelerator, Brachytherapy, Quality assurance
pISSN 2508-4445
eISSN 2508-4453
Formerly ISSN 1226-5829
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