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Candela-Juan C, Niatsetski Y, Ouhib Z, et al. Commissioning and periodic tests of the Esteya(®) electronic brachytherapy system. J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2015;7(2):189-95doi: 10.5114/jcb.2015.51523.
Candela-Juan, C., Niatsetski, Y., Ouhib, Z., Ballester, F., Vijande, J., & Perez-Calatayud, J. (2015). Commissioning and periodic tests of the Esteya(®) electronic brachytherapy system. Journal of contemporary brachytherapy, 7(2), 189-95. https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2015.51523
Candela-Juan, Cristian, et al. "Commissioning and periodic tests of the Esteya(®) electronic brachytherapy system." Journal of contemporary brachytherapy vol. 7,2 (2015): 189-95. doi: https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2015.51523
Candela-Juan C, Niatsetski Y, Ouhib Z, Ballester F, Vijande J, Perez-Calatayud J. Commissioning and periodic tests of the Esteya(®) electronic brachytherapy system. J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2015 Apr;7(2):189-95. doi: 10.5114/jcb.2015.51523. Epub 2015 May 13. PMID: 26034501; PMCID: PMC4444461.
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J Contemp Brachytherapy. 2015 Apr;7(2):189-95. doi: 10.5114/jcb.2015.51523. Epub 2015 May 13.

Commissioning and periodic tests of the Esteya(®) electronic brachytherapy system.

Journal of contemporary brachytherapy

Cristian Candela-Juan, Yury Niatsetski, Zoubir Ouhib, Facundo Ballester, Javier Vijande, Jose Perez-Calatayud

Affiliations

  1. Radiation Oncology Department, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia, Spain.
  2. Research and Development Department, Elekta, Veenendaal, The Netherlands.
  3. Radiation Oncology Department, Lynn Cancer Institute of Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
  4. Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics Department, University of Valencia, Burjassot, Spain.
  5. Radiation Oncology Department, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia, Spain ; Radiation Oncology Department, Hospital Clinica Benidorm, Alicante, Spain.

PMID: 26034501 PMCID: PMC4444461 DOI: 10.5114/jcb.2015.51523

Abstract

A new electronic brachytherapy unit from Elekta, called Esteya(®), has recently been introduced to the market. As a part of the standards in radiation oncology, an acceptance testing and commissioning must be performed prior to treatment of the first patient. In addition, a quality assurance program should be implemented. A complete commissioning and periodic testing of the Esteya(®) device using the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), Groupe Européen de Curiethérapie and the European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology (GEC-ESTRO) guidelines for linacs and brachytherapy units as well as our personal experience is described in this paper. In addition to the methodology, recommendations on equipment required for each test are provided, taking into consideration their availability and traceability of the detectors. Finally, tolerance levels for all the tests are provided, and a specific frequency for each test is suggested.

Keywords: Esteya; commissioning; electronic brachytherapy; quality assurance

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