
Surface guidance systems enable patient positioning and motion monitoring without using ionising radiation. Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) has therefore been widely adopted in radiation therapy in recent years, but guidelines on workflows and specific quality assurance (QA) are lacking. This ESTRO-ACROP guideline aims to give recommendations concerning SGRT roles and responsibilities and highlights common challenges and potential errors. Comprehensive guidelines for procurement, acceptance, commissioning, and QA of SGRT systems installed on computed tomography (CT) simulators, C-arm linacs, closed-bore linacs, and particle therapy treatment systems are presented that will help move to a consensus among SGRT users and facilitate a safe and efficient implementation and clinical application of SGRT.
QUALITY-ASSURANCE, 2720 Hematology, 610 Medicine & health, ACROP, Guideline, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, surface guided radiation therapy, Patient Positioning, Surface guided radiation therapy, 2741 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Humans, ESTRO, Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted, SGRT, Hematology, 10044 Clinic for Radiation Oncology, Oncology, 2730 Oncology, Particle Accelerators, Radiology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, guideline, SYSTEM, RADIOTHERAPY, Radiotherapy, Image-Guided
QUALITY-ASSURANCE, 2720 Hematology, 610 Medicine & health, ACROP, Guideline, Nuclear Medicine and imaging, surface guided radiation therapy, Patient Positioning, Surface guided radiation therapy, 2741 Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Humans, ESTRO, Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted, SGRT, Hematology, 10044 Clinic for Radiation Oncology, Oncology, 2730 Oncology, Particle Accelerators, Radiology, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, guideline, SYSTEM, RADIOTHERAPY, Radiotherapy, Image-Guided
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