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Commissioning and quality assurance of Calypso four-dimensional target localization system in linear accelerator facility
Four dimensional (4D) target localization system (Calypso System) was installed at our hospital, which is equipped with Beacon Transponders, Console, Electromagnetic Array, Optical System, Tracking Station, Treatment table overlay, and Calypso kVue Couch top. The objective of this presentation is to...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775039/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049322 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-6203.116376 |
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author | Muralidhar, K. R. Komanduri, Krishna Rout, Birendra Kumar Ramesh, K. K. D. |
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description | Four dimensional (4D) target localization system (Calypso System) was installed at our hospital, which is equipped with Beacon Transponders, Console, Electromagnetic Array, Optical System, Tracking Station, Treatment table overlay, and Calypso kVue Couch top. The objective of this presentation is to describe the results of commissioning measurements carried out on the Calypso System to verify the manufacturer specifications and also to evolve a quality assurance (QA) procedure which can be used to test its performance routinely. The QA program consists of a series of tests (QA for checking the calibration or system accuracy, Camera Calibration with L-frame fixture, Camera Calibration with T-frame fixture, System calibration Fixture targets test, Localization, and Tracking). These tests were found to be useful to assess the performance of the Calypso System. |
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spelling | pubmed-37750392013-09-18 Commissioning and quality assurance of Calypso four-dimensional target localization system in linear accelerator facility Muralidhar, K. R. Komanduri, Krishna Rout, Birendra Kumar Ramesh, K. K. D. J Med Phys Technical Note Four dimensional (4D) target localization system (Calypso System) was installed at our hospital, which is equipped with Beacon Transponders, Console, Electromagnetic Array, Optical System, Tracking Station, Treatment table overlay, and Calypso kVue Couch top. The objective of this presentation is to describe the results of commissioning measurements carried out on the Calypso System to verify the manufacturer specifications and also to evolve a quality assurance (QA) procedure which can be used to test its performance routinely. The QA program consists of a series of tests (QA for checking the calibration or system accuracy, Camera Calibration with L-frame fixture, Camera Calibration with T-frame fixture, System calibration Fixture targets test, Localization, and Tracking). These tests were found to be useful to assess the performance of the Calypso System. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013 /pmc/articles/PMC3775039/ /pubmed/24049322 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-6203.116376 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Medical Physics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Technical Note Muralidhar, K. R. Komanduri, Krishna Rout, Birendra Kumar Ramesh, K. K. D. Commissioning and quality assurance of Calypso four-dimensional target localization system in linear accelerator facility |
title | Commissioning and quality assurance of Calypso four-dimensional target localization system in linear accelerator facility |
title_full | Commissioning and quality assurance of Calypso four-dimensional target localization system in linear accelerator facility |
title_fullStr | Commissioning and quality assurance of Calypso four-dimensional target localization system in linear accelerator facility |
title_full_unstemmed | Commissioning and quality assurance of Calypso four-dimensional target localization system in linear accelerator facility |
title_short | Commissioning and quality assurance of Calypso four-dimensional target localization system in linear accelerator facility |
title_sort | commissioning and quality assurance of calypso four-dimensional target localization system in linear accelerator facility |
topic | Technical Note |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3775039/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24049322 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-6203.116376 |
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