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Hyperthermia quality assurance results.

P N Shrivastava1, T K Saylor, A Y Matloubieh

  • 1Allegheny Singer Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA 15212.

International Journal of Hyperthermia : the Official Journal of European Society for Hyperthermic Oncology, North American Hyperthermia Group
|January 1, 1988
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Quality assurance measurements for hyperthermia treatments showed that while most temperatures were accurate, power indications and electromagnetic leakage required improvement. Stringent quality control is essential for future clinical trials.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Physics
  • Oncology
  • Biomedical Engineering

Background:

  • The National Cancer Institute (NCI) contracted the Hyperthermia Physics Center (HPC) to conduct quality assurance (QA) for hyperthermia equipment.
  • Five evaluation centers assessed devices for deep-seated tumor heat treatments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize the QA protocol, results, procedures, standards, criteria, conclusions, and recommendations for hyperthermia equipment.
  • To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of hyperthermia devices.

Main Methods:

  • Review-type QA measurements were performed at five evaluation centers.
  • Temperature, power indications, heat patterns in phantoms, and electromagnetic leakage were assessed against established criteria.

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Main Results:

  • 81.5% of temperatures were within the 0.2°C HPC criterion; 66% of power indications met the 10% criterion.
  • Variability in heat patterns from the BSD Annular Phased Array (AA) was noted.
  • Electromagnetic leakage exceeded permissible standards at some locations, despite stringent in-house QA efforts.

Conclusions:

  • Temperature accuracy was sufficient for common analysis of clinical data in this cooperative trial.
  • Continuous, stringent quality control of all parameters is crucial for future hyperthermia trials.