Author: O. Grahm Valadie1, et al, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA Summary: The purpose of this project is to compare the QA capabilities of the IQM to clinically established QA devices and to shows its potential to efficiently replace current QA devices, while minimizing setup error for daily and monthly QA.
Author: Dan Pavord, Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA Summary: Dan Pavord, Chief of Medical Physics at Allegheny Health Network in Pittsburgh, presented groundbreaking findings on the use of the Integral Quality Monitor (IQM) for comprehensive machine quality assurance (QA).
Using the IQM Transmission Detector to Monitor Linac Performance Read More »
Author: Makan Farrokhkish, et al, Multi-Center Study Summary: This multi-center study investigated the IQM System for constancy measurements of various beam parameters for photon beams. The results suggest that the system can be used for most of the routine QA tests effectively and efficiently. .
Author: K.L. Yun, et al, Allegheny Health Network (USA) Summary: The clinical physics group compared the sensitivity of the IQM System to beam energy changes against 4 other conventional methods. They concluded that the IQM device was approximately twice as sensitive as the other chamber methods. .
Measuring Photon Beam Energy Changes on an Elekta Versa HD using 5 methods Read More »
Author: Luis Fong de los Santos, Rochester (USA) Summary: Download the full presentation with the preliminary results of a multi-center workgroup to implement TG-142 Machine QA with IQM. This presentation was given by Luis Fong de los Santos, PhD at the ASTRO 2019 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL
Machine QA with IQM Read More »
Author: Andrew Veres, et al, Multi-centre study of 3 RT departments Summary: The clinical research group developed and validated an efficient machine performance and quality assurance (QA) protocol using the IQM system. The authors concluded that the IQM system provides a very efficient process for performing quality control and quality assurance of a linear accelerator.
Photon Beam QA with IQM: A Multicenter Study Read More »
Author: Andrew Jongho Jung, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto (Canada) Summary: Investigating the use of IQM for various Machine QA applications: beam output, beam symmetry, relative dose factor, MLC calibration, output as function of dose rate, dose linearity and output as function of gantry angles
Efficient and enhanced QA testing of Linear Accelerators using IQM Read More »
