2018 AAPM Annual Meeting
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Session Title: Pursuit of Safe and Effective Imaging and Radiation Therapy/Planning Products
Question 1: When should a physicist engage medical device manufacturers in their development process?
Reference:“Do it by Design, An Introduction to Human Factors in Medical Devices.” U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service Food and Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health
Choice A:Discovery.
Choice B:Design.
Choice C:Development.
Choice D:Deployment.
Choice E:All of the above.
Question 2: AAPM TG developed a report on a new method for reporting CT Dose. Does this mean the new dose metric will appear on future scanners?
Reference:AAPM report # 96, The Measurement, Reporting, and management of Radiation Dose in CT (https://www.aapm.org/pubs/reports/)
Choice A:Yes, because all AAPM TG metrics are required by FDA
Choice B:Yes, because all AAPM TG metrics are included in an IEC standard
Choice C:Not necessarily, because AAPM TG reports are not a regulatory requirement
Choice D:No, because imaging vendors don’t read AAPM TG reports
Question 3: Independent quality assurance in radiotherapy LINAC performance reduces residual risk inherent in the treatment system’s integrated QA.
Reference:G S Ibbott 2010 J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 250 012001
Choice A:True.
Choice B:False.
Choice C:.................
Choice D:...............
Question 4: In what year did the American College of Radiology (ACR) and the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) form a standards committee to meet the combined needs of radiologists, physicists and equipment vendors?
Reference:https://www.dicomstandard.org/history/
Choice A:1980.
Choice B:1983.
Choice C:1985.
Choice D:1988.
Question 5: What are the main aspects of the mission of RO-SSI?
Reference:Siochi, R.A. (2012). Mission Statement. Retrieved from http://info.radoncssi.org/home
Choice A:Impartiality.
Choice B:Independence.
Choice C:Diversity.
Choice D:Experience.
Choice E:All of the above.
Question 6: RO-SSI can get its project ideas from:
Reference:Siochi, R.A. (2012). History. Retrieved from http://info.radoncssi.org/about
Choice A:Safety related meetings.
Choice B:Safety databases.
Choice C:Surveys of user issues.
Choice D:Proposals from visitors to the website.
Choice E:All of the above.
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