2021 AAPM Virtual 63rd Annual Meeting
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Session Title: Patient-Specific QA Devices/Software
Question 1: The patient specific QA needs to be completed by the 3rd fraction.
Reference:ACR PRACTICE PARAMETER FOR INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRT)
Choice A:True
Choice B:False
Question 2: TG-119 focuses on tolerance limits and methodologies for IMRT measurement-based verification QA.
Reference:IMRT commissioning: Multiple institution planning and dosimetry comparisons, a report from AAPM Task Group 119.
Choice A:True
Choice B:False
Question 3: According to TG-218, what is the most preferred delivery method for patient specific QA?
Reference:Tolerance limits and methodologies for IMRT measurement‐based verification QA: Recommendations of AAPM Task Group No. 218.
Choice A:Perpendicular field-by-field
Choice B:Perpendicular composite
Choice C:True Composite
Question 4: What is the recommended criteria for gamma analysis of patient specific QA?
Reference:Tolerance limits and methodologies for IMRT measurement‐based verification QA: Recommendations of AAPM Task Group No. 218.
Choice A:2%/2mm
Choice B:2%/3mm
Choice C:3%/2mm
Choice D:3%/3mm
Question 5: What are the recommended universal tolerance limits (TL) and action limits (AL) for patient specific QA using gamma criteria with 3%/2mm, 10% threshold?
Reference:Tolerance limits and methodologies for IMRT measurement‐based verification QA: Recommendations of AAPM Task Group No. 218
Choice A:TL 90%, AL 90%
Choice B:TL 95%, AL 95%
Choice C:TL 95%, AL 90%
Choice D:TL 90%, AL 95%
Question 6: Which of the following measurements does TG-119 recommend for IMRT commissioning tests?
Reference:IMRT commissioning: Multiple institution planning and dosimetry comparisons, a report from AAPM Task Group 119.
Choice A:Composite planar dosimetry in phantom
Choice B:Per-field measurements
Choice C:Both A & B
Choice D:None of the above
Question 7: EPID QA for VMAT uses an integrated image and is considered a perpendicular composite technique.
Reference:Tolerance limits and methodologies for IMRT measurement‐based verification QA: Recommendations of AAPM Task Group No. 218.
Choice A:True
Choice B:False
Question 8: According to TG-218, how often should the dose calibration measurement be performed?
Reference:Tolerance limits and methodologies for IMRT measurement‐based verification QA: Recommendations of AAPM Task Group No. 218.
Choice A:Before each measurement session
Choice B:At least once a week
Choice C:At least once a month
Choice D:At the time of commissioning
Question 9: The user can use relative dose for analysis of patient specific QA and the corresponding plan.
Reference:Tolerance limits and methodologies for IMRT measurement‐based verification QA: Recommendations of AAPM Task Group No. 218.
Choice A:True
Choice B:False
Question 10: What does TG-119 recommend for the gamma criteria used to analyze the field-by-field measurements on a detector array?
Reference:IMRT commissioning: Multiple institution planning and dosimetry comparisons, a report from AAPM Task Group 119.
Choice A:2%/2mm
Choice B:2%/3mm
Choice C:3%/2mm
Choice D:3%/3mm
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