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A five-year QATrack+ dashboard for radiotherapy physics quality management: A technical note on longitudinal LINAC and HDR monitoring.
| Τίτλος: | A five-year QATrack+ dashboard for radiotherapy physics quality management: A technical note on longitudinal LINAC and HDR monitoring. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | El Mouden O; Sciences and Engineering of Biomedicals, Biophysics and Health Laboratory, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Hassan First University, Settat, 26000, Morocco; International Hospital of Settat, Department of Radiotherapy, Settat, Morocco. Electronic address: oussama.elmouden.doc@uhp.ac.ma., Sekkat H; Sciences and Engineering of Biomedicals, Biophysics and Health Laboratory, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Hassan First University, Settat, 26000, Morocco. Electronic address: sekkat.isss@uhp.ac.ma., Bannan A; Sciences and Engineering of Biomedicals, Biophysics and Health Laboratory, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Hassan First University, Settat, 26000, Morocco. Electronic address: ahmed.bannan.doc@uhp.ac.ma., Brika I; Sciences and Engineering of Biomedicals, Biophysics and Health Laboratory, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Hassan First University, Settat, 26000, Morocco. Electronic address: brika.imane5002.isss@uhp.ac.ma., El Baydaoui R; Sciences and Engineering of Biomedicals, Biophysics and Health Laboratory, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Hassan First University, Settat, 26000, Morocco. Electronic address: baydaoui@gmail.com., Tahiri M; Sciences and Engineering of Biomedicals, Biophysics and Health Laboratory, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Hassan First University, Settat, 26000, Morocco. Electronic address: marone83@gmail.com., Mkimel M; Sciences and Engineering of Biomedicals, Biophysics and Health Laboratory, Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Hassan First University, Settat, 26000, Morocco. Electronic address: mounir.mkimel@uhp.ac.ma. |
| Πηγή: | Radiography (London, England : 1995) [Radiography (Lond)] 2026 Jul; Vol. 32 (5), pp. 103460. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jun 01. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Elsevier B.V Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 9604102 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1532-2831 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10788174 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Radiography (Lond) Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2003- : Amsterdam : Elsevier B.V. Original Publication: London ; Philadelphia : W.B. Saunders Co., c1995- |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Quality Assurance, Health Care*/methods , Radiotherapy*/standards , Dashboard Systems*, Particle Accelerators/standards |
| Περίληψη: | Introduction: Routine radiotherapy physics quality assurance (QA) generates heterogeneous data from machine checks, patient-specific treatment verification, maintenance records and clinical activity logs, which are often fragmented across multiple systems. We developed a QATrack + -based dashboard designed to support longitudinal monitoring of LINAC and HDR performance through a compact monthly review framework. Methods: In this technical implementation study, we analysed a five-year monthly aggregated dataset structured in QATrack + for one Elekta Versa HD linear accelerator and one Elekta Flexitron Ir-192 HDR afterloader. Operational, QA and modality-specific indicators were extracted and summarised using descriptive statistics. Results: The proposed dashboard consolidated service availability, QA workload, QA pass rates, maintenance events and sentinel modality-specific metrics into a unified governance view. It enabled stable longitudinal review of LINAC and HDR performance and facilitated identification of trends in operational readiness and QA conformance. Conclusions: The proposed dashboard provides a practical method for integrating heterogeneous radiotherapy QA records into a structured longitudinal monitoring tool. Implications for Practice: This approach may support monthly physics review, service oversight and early detection of performance drift in radiotherapy departments. (Copyright © 2026 The College of Radiographers. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.) |
| Competing Interests: | Conflict of interest statement None. |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Dashboard; HDR brachytherapy; Linear accelerator; QATrack+; Quality management; Radiotherapy QA |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260601 Date Completed: 20260804 Latest Revision: 20260804 |
| Update Code: | 20260804 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.radi.2026.103460 |
| PMID: | 42224909 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1532-2831 |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.radi.2026.103460 |