title: Commissioning and acceptance testing of a CyberKnife linear accelerator.
abstract: Acceptance testing and commissioning of a CyberKnife robotic stereotactic radiosurgery system was performed in April 2006. The CyberKnife linear accelerator produces a photon beam of 6 MV nominal energy, without the use of a flattening filter. Clinically measured tissue-phantom ratios, off-center ratios, and output factors are presented and compared with similar data from other CyberKnife sites throughout the United States. In general, these values agreed to within 2%.
authors: Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.
authors: Subhash C
authors: SC
authors: Sharma
authors: Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.
authors: Joseph T
authors: JT
authors: Ott
authors: Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.
authors: Jamone B
authors: JB
authors: Williams
authors: Parkview Comprehensive Cancer Center, Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.A.
authors: Danny
authors: D
authors: Dickow
mesh_terms: D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D010315:Particle Accelerators / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards*; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000592:standards*; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards; D014481:United States
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