G Acri, E Ruello, P Inferrera, L Denaro, C Sansotta, B Testagrossa and S Pante
University of Messina, Italy
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nucl Med Radiat Ther
In cancer treatment LINAC (Linear Accelerator) is fundamental for therapeutic purposes, because it directly damages DNA molecules of the tumour mass through X-photons or electrons, respectively, for the deepest and the most superficial masses. Because of the use of directly and indirectly ionizing radiation, it is necessary and essential to perform quality control (QC), not only to protect the patients but also the staff, such as physicians and radiology technicians, who work in the same environment in which instrumentation operates. QCs are also fundamental because they permit the identification of the source of possible equipment malfunction, pointing to preventive or immediate maintenance requirements. To ensure the best working conditions, physicians and radiology technicians must follow the rules established by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), such as the location of the site or the technical and physical characteristics of the equipment and in this contest, periodic QCs have been recommended by manufacturers and Medical Physicist�s Organization to test the performance of medical systems. The aim of this work is to create a checklist which contains the parameters to monitoring to perform the established QCs. It is important to have confirmation of several physical characteristics of the medical devices in order to speed up the QC procedures, making them even more accurate, in fact, the use of a checklist avoids reading the entire procedure, using only a list of actions that the operator must indicate if he has already carried those out, or not?
Email: gacri@unime.it
Nuclear Medicine & Radiation Therapy received 706 citations as per Google Scholar report
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