AS/NZS 4213.1:1994

1-AS/NZS 4213.1:1994 RADIOTHERAPY SIMULATORS - FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
4-PREFACE
5-CONTENTS
6-1 Scope and object
6-1.1 Scope
7-1.2 Object
7-1.3 Environmental conditions
7-1.3.1 General
7-1.3.2 Transport and storage
7-2 Normative references
8-3 Terminology and definitions
8-3.1 Terminology
8-3.2 Definitions
8-4 Standardized test conditions
8-4.1 Angle and-linear settings
9-4.2 Positioning of the measuring plane and RADIATION DETECTORS
9-4.3 FOCAL SPOT and LOADING FACTORS
9-5 IndicatIon of DELINEATED RADIATION FI ELDS
9-5.1 Numerical field-indicator
9-5.1.1 Information to the USER
9-5.1.2 Test
10-5.2 LIGHT FIELD-INDICATOR
11-5.2.1 Information to the USER
11-5.2.2 Test
11-5.3 Reproducibility
11-5.3.1 Information to the USER
11-5.3.2 Test
12-5.4 Geometry of the DELINEATOR
12-5.4.1 Information to the USER
12-5.4.2 Test
13-5.5 Illuminance of the DELINEATED LIGHT FIELD
13-5.5.1 Information to the USER
13-5.5.2 Test
13-6 Indication of DELINEATED RADIATION BEAM AXIS
13-6.1 Indication of the DELINEATED RADIATION BEAM AXIS on ENTRANCE SURFACE
13-6.1.1 Information to the USER
14-6.1.2 Test
15-6.2 Indication of the DELINEATED RADIATION BEAM AXIS on exit surface
15-6.2.1 Information to the USER
15-6.2.2 Test
15-6.3 Variationof the DELINEATED RADIATION BEAM AXIS with source axis distances (SAD)
15-6.3.1 Information to the USER
16-6.3.2 Tests
16-7 ISOCENTRE
16-7.1 Displacement of the DELINEATED RADIATI ON BEAM AXIS from the ISOCENTRE
16-7.1.1 Information to the USER
16-7.1.2 Test
19-7.2 Indication of the ISOCENTRE
19-7.2.1 Information to the USER
19-7.2.2 Test
19-7.3 Displacement of the DELINEATED RADIATION BEAM AXIS with change in FOCAL SPOT
19-7.3.1 Information to the USER
19-7.3.2 Test
19-8 Indication of the distance along the DELINEATED RADIATION BEAM AXIS
19-8.1 Device for indicating distance from ISOCENTRE
19-8.1.1 Information to the USER
20-8.1.2 Test
20-8.2 Device for indicating distance from RADIATION SOURCE
20-8.2.1 Information to the USER
20-8.2.2 Test
20-8.3 Indication of IMAGE RECEPTOR PLANE to ISOCENTRE distance
20-8.3.1 Information to the USER
20-8.3.2 Test
21-8.4 Numerical indication of the RADIATI ON SOURCE to ISOCENTRE distance
21-8.4.1 Information to the USER
21-8.4.2 Test
21-9 Zero position of rotational scales
21-9.1 Information to the USER
21-9.2 Tests
21-9.2.1 GANTRY rotation, Axis (1)
22-9.2.2 Roll of the RADIATION HEAD, Axis (2)
22-9.2.3 Pitch of the RADIATION HEAD, Axis (3)
22-9.2.4 Rot ati on of the DELINEATOR, Axis (4)
22-9.2.5 Test for ISOCENTRIC rotation of the PATIENT SUPPORT, Axis (5), and rotation of the table top, Axis (6)
23-9.2.6 Test for pitch and roll of the table top, Axes (7) and (8)
23-10 Congruence of opposed DELINEATED RADIATION FIELDS
23-10.1 Information to the USER
23-10.2 Test
23-11 Movements of the PATIENT SUPPORT
23-11.1 Vertical movement of the table top
23-11.1.1 Information to the USER
24-11.1.2 Test
24-11.2 ISOCENTRIC rotation of the PATIENT SUPPORT
24-11.2.1 Information to the USER
25-11.2.2 Test
25-11.3 Parallelism of PATIENT SUPPORT rotational axes
25-11.3.1 Information to the USER
25-11.3.2 Test
26-11.4 Rigidity of the PATIENT SUPPORT
26-11.4.1 Longitudinal rigidity of the PATIENT SUPPORT
27-11.4.2 Lateral rigidity of the PATIENT SUPPORT
29-Annex A - Format for presentation of functional performance values