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      Report of AAPM TG 135: quality assurance for robotic radiosurgery.

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          The task group (TG) for quality assurance for robotic radiosurgery was formed by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine's Science Council under the direction of the Radiation Therapy Committee and the Quality Assurance (QA) Subcommittee. The task group (TG-135) had three main charges: (1) To make recommendations on a code of practice for Robotic Radiosurgery QA; (2) To make recommendations on quality assurance and dosimetric verification techniques, especially in regard to real-time respiratory motion tracking software; (3) To make recommendations on issues which require further research and development. This report provides a general functional overview of the only clinically implemented robotic radiosurgery device, the CyberKnife. This report includes sections on device components and their individual component QA recommendations, followed by a section on the QA requirements for integrated systems. Examples of checklists for daily, monthly, annual, and upgrade QA are given as guidance for medical physicists. Areas in which QA procedures are still under development are discussed.

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          Journal
          Med Phys
          Medical physics
          Wiley-Blackwell
          0094-2405
          0094-2405
          Jun 2011
          : 38
          : 6
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Stanford University Cancer Center, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
          Article
          10.1118/1.3579139
          21815366
          93f3162d-daf7-4884-b4c8-ec74eead33b5
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