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Acceptance and Commissioning Phase
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Acceptance phase
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Performance of equipment meets the minimum requirements
(manufacturer’s guidelines)
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Commissioning phase
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Is the process through which all the possible machine characteristics
relevant to clinical use are investigated, measured, and recorded
(medical physicist’s guidelines)
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Data is the standard for clinical use and should be verified periodically
Vendor provided data could only be used as a reference but it should never be
used as a substitute for the commissioned data!