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I.S. EN 60976:2007

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MEDICAL ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT - MEDICAL ELECTRON ACCELERATORS - FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS
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English

Published date

01-01-2007

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FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Environmental conditions
   4.1 General
   4.2 Transport and storage
   4.3 Power supply
5 General information to the USER
   5.1 Functional performance characteristics
   5.2 Available nominal energies and ABSORBED DOSE RATES
   5.3 Available RADIATION FIELDS
   5.4 NORMAL TREATMENT DISTANCE
   5.5 Available WEDGE X-RAY FIELDS
   5.6 Available flattening FILTERS
   5.7 Availability
   5.8 Influencing quantities
   5.9 Maintenance
   5.10 Presentation
   5.11 Dimensions, clearances, within the RADIATION HEAD, and
        in the region RADIATION HEAD to ISOCENTRE, of BEAM
        LIMITING DEVICES
   5.12 IMRT
6 Standardized test conditions
   6.1 General
   6.2 Angle settings
   6.3 Properties and positioning of the PHANTOM
   6.4 Positioning of measuring points
   6.5 RADIATION DETECTORS
   6.6 STANDARD MEASUREMENT DEPTHS
   6.7 RADIATION FIELDS
   6.8 Adjustments during test
   6.9 Use of RADIOGRAPHIC FILM or alternative imaging method
7 DOSE MONITORING SYSTEM
   7.1 General
   7.2 Reproducibility
   7.3 Proportionality
   7.4 Dependence on angular positions
   7.5 Dependence on GANTRY rotation
   7.6 Dependence on the shape of the RADIATION FIELD
   7.7 Stability of calibration
   7.8 Stability in MOVING BEAM RADIOTHERAPY
8 Depth ABSORBED DOSE characteristics
   8.1 X-RADIATION
   8.2 ELECTRON RADIATION
9 Uniformity of RADIATION FIELDS
   9.1 X-RADIATION
   9.2 ELECTRON RADIATION
   9.3 PENUMBRA of RADIATION FIELDS
10 Indication of RADIATION FIELDS
   10.1 X-RADIATION
   10.2 ELECTRON RADIATION
   10.3 Geometry and motion speeds of adjustable BLDs for
        X-RADIATION and ELECTRON RADIATION
   10.4 Illuminance and PENUMBRA of the LIGHT FIELD
11 Indication of the RADIATION BEAM AXIS
   11.1 General
   11.2 Indication on entry to the PATIENT
   11.3 Indication on exit from the PATIENT
12 ISOCENTRE
   12.1 Displacement of the RADIATION BEAM AXIS from the
        ISOCENTRE
   12.2 Indication of the ISOCENTRE
13 Indication of distance along the RADIATION BEAM AXIS
   13.1 Indicating device
   13.2 Additional indicating device for equipment with
        variable distance between RADIATION SOURCE and
        ISOCENTRE and for non-isocentric equipment
14 Zero position of rotational scales
   14.1 General
   14.2 Information to the USER
   14.3 Tests
15 Congruence of opposed RADIATION FIELDS
   15.1 Information to the USER
   15.2 Test
16 Movements of the PATIENT table
   16.1 General
   16.2 Vertical movement of the table
   16.3 ISOCENTRIC rotation of the table
   16.4 Parallelism of table rotational axes
   16.5 Rigidity of the table
17 ELECTRONIC IMAGING DEVICE (e.g. EPID)
   17.1 Information to the USER
   17.2 Tests
Annex A (informative) Format for presentation of functional
        performances values
Annex ZA (normative) Normative references to international
         publications with their corresponding European
         publications
Index of defined terms

Applicable to medical ELECTRON ACCELERATORS when used, for therapy purposes, in human medical practice.

DevelopmentNote
For CENELEC adoptions of IEC publications, please check www.iec.ch to be sure that you have any corrigenda that may apply. (01/2017)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
210
PublisherName
National Standards Authority of Ireland
Status
Current

Standards Relationship
NF EN 60976 : 2008 Identical
SN EN 60976 : 1999 AMD 1 2000 Identical
EN 60976:2007 Identical
UNE-EN 60976:2008 Identical
NBN EN 60976 : 2008 Identical
DIN EN 60976:2011-02 Identical
BS EN 60976 : 2008 Identical
IEC 60976:2007 Identical

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