title: Acceptance testing of an automated scanning water phantom.
abstract: The setup of an automated scanning water phantom must be concluded with a methodical functional acceptance test. This test must include mechanical, radiological, and calculational facets. Only after an acceptance test is successfully completed can data collected with a new or repaired system be trusted. An acceptance test outline was written and applied to a newly purchased Wellhofer scanning system. This testing procedure and its results are presented in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Division of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
authors.forename: D E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Mellenberg
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Blackwell
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D008961:Models, Structural; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water