AAPM task group report 210: Conventional linear accelerator acceptance testing

Angélica A. Pérez‐Andújar; Ganesh Narayanasamy; Todd Holmes; Ellen Xiaoyan Huang; Hua Li; Andrew Morrow; Dharanipathy Rangaraj; Nicholas D Schupp; Sridhar Yaddanapudi; Guanghua Yan; Ching‐Chong Jack Yang

doi:10.1002/mp.70047

journal article Oct 21, 2025

AAPM task group report 210: Conventional linear accelerator acceptance testing

Angélica A. Pérez‐Andújar Ganesh Narayanasamy Todd Holmes Ellen Xiaoyan Huang Hua Li

Andrew Morrow Dharanipathy Rangaraj Nicholas D Schupp Sridhar Yaddanapudi Guanghua Yan Ching‐Chong Jack Yang

Medical Physics Vol. 52 No. 11 · Wiley

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Abstract

Abstract
Increased demand to make medical linear accelerator acceptance testing procedures (ATP) more efficient exists while the technology being evaluated for clinical use has become increasingly complex. The most recent American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) task group giving guidelines to medical physicists on ATP was Task Group report 45, published in 1994. Several new technologies, enhanced machine performance, and possible future changes to ATP since that time require updated guidance from the AAPM. The goal of this task group is to empower the medical physicist to be meaningfully involved with the design and execution of comprehensive and effective linear accelerator ATP beginning with the purchasing contract negotiation to the contractual handover of the linear accelerator to the department for clinical use. Additionally, we discussed aspects related to beam matching, ATP at the time of replacing major linear accelerator's components as well as what we perceive as the future of the ATP process given the trends of standardizing linear accelerators.

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Published: Oct 21, 2025
Vol/Issue: 52(11)
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Authors

A

Angélica A. Pérez‐Andújar

Department of Medical Physics Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center West Harrison New York USA

G

Ganesh Narayanasamy

Department of Radiation Oncology University of Arkansas Medical Sciences Little Rock Arkansas USA

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Todd Holmes

Varian, A Siemens Healthineers Company Palo Alto California USA

E

Ellen Xiaoyan Huang

Department of Radiation Oncology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore Maryland USA

H

Hua Li

Department of Radiation Oncology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis Missouri USA

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Andrew Morrow

Department of Radiation Oncology Baylor Scott & White Healthcare Temple Texas USA

D

Dharanipathy Rangaraj

Origin Quality Solutions Austin Texas USA

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Nicholas D Schupp

Software Solutions, Elekta Maryland Heights Missouri USA

S

Sridhar Yaddanapudi

Department of Radiation Oncology Mayo Clinic Jacksonville Florida USA

G

Guanghua Yan

Department of Radiation Oncology University of Florida Gainesville Florida USA

C

Ching‐Chong Jack Yang

Department of Radiation Oncology Monmouth Medical Center Long Beach New Jersey USA

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Angélica A. Pérez‐Andújar, Ganesh Narayanasamy, Todd Holmes, et al. (2025). AAPM task group report 210: Conventional linear accelerator acceptance testing. Medical Physics, 52(11). https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.70047

AAPM task group report 210: Conventional linear accelerator acceptance testing

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