Authorised Indian Distributor
Saxsons Group
New Delhi, India · Since 1997
QA BeamChecker™ PlusDaily Linac QA Device
Eight vented ion chambers in a single setup — output, flatness, symmetry and energy constancy for every photon and electron energy on the machine. Wireless operation, automatic energy detection, ready for the next beam in ten seconds.
Key Features
- Eight fully guarded vented ionization chambers — 1 centre, 4 quadrant (7.5 cm from centre), 3 energy-ID
- Photon energies from 60Co to 25 MV in a single setup
- Electron energies 6 MeV to 25 MeV in the same setup as photons
- Automatic energy detection — deliver beams in any order, no manual selection
- Dose rates up to 2400 MU/min — FFF-beam compatible
All Features
- Eight fully guarded vented ionization chambers — 1 centre, 4 quadrant (7.5 cm from centre), 3 energy-ID
- Photon energies from 60Co to 25 MV in a single setup
- Electron energies 6 MeV to 25 MeV in the same setup as photons
- Automatic energy detection — deliver beams in any order, no manual selection
- Dose rates up to 2400 MU/min — FFF-beam compatible
- Wireless operation — no cables to the linac console
- Ready for the next measurement within 10 seconds
- Supports IMAT, VMAT, TomoTherapy and dynamic-wedge delivery verification
- Compatible with Varian, Elekta, Accuray and Siemens linacs
- PC workflow on Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) — or operate standalone
- Daily output, flatness and symmetry constancy across every modality
- Designed for the daily portion of the AAPM TG-142 / TG-198 QA programme
Technical Specifications
| Detector type | 8 vented, fully guarded ionization chambers |
| Chamber volume | 0.6 cm³ per chamber |
| Chamber geometry | Parallel-plate, 4.0 mm separation, 1.39 cm collection electrode |
| Chamber layout | 1 centre + 4 quadrant at 7.5 cm + 3 energy-ID chambers |
| Photon range | 60Co to 25 MV (all clinical energies including FFF) |
| Electron range | 6 MeV to 25 MeV |
| Dose-rate range | Up to 2400 MU/min (FFF compatible) |
| Beam-energy detection | Automatic — no manual selection needed between beams |
| Delivery types | Static, IMAT, VMAT, TomoTherapy, dynamic wedge |
| Communication | Wireless — operates independently of QA management software |
| PC requirements | Windows 10 Pro (64-bit) when used in PC mode |
| Compatible linacs | Varian, Elekta, Accuray, Siemens |
| Standards alignment | AAPM TG-142 daily QA (Klein 2009) / TG-198 (Hanley 2021) |
Applications
The daily morning check — every modality, one setup
Daily output constancy
Verify linac output every morning across every photon and electron energy. Automatic energy detection means therapists deliver beams in any sequence — no device reset between energies.
Flatness & symmetry
Four quadrant chambers at 7.5 cm from the centre capture radial and transverse profile constancy on every beam.
VMAT / rotational delivery
Dose rates to 2400 MU/min and rotational delivery support let the device serve daily VMAT and IMAT machine checks alongside static beams.
FFF beam daily checks
Built for the high dose-per-pulse seen on TrueBeam HDRS and Versa HD FFF deliveries. No saturation correction needed at the dose rates documented in the brochure.
Therapist-led daily QA
Wireless, standalone operation lets RTTs complete the morning constancy check independently — physicist review happens later, on the saved data.
TG-142 / TG-198 daily
Covers the output / profile-constancy portion of the daily-QA test set in the AAPM Task Group reports. Mechanical and imaging daily tests run on separate tools.
Why QA BeamChecker Plus?
A single centre chamber gives output, four quadrant chambers at 7.5 cm give radial and transverse profile constancy, and three energy-ID chambers let the device recognise the delivered beam automatically. One setup, every photon and electron energy.
The device records, calculates and reports on its own — no console cable, no laptop in the bunker. Standalone for the morning check; the PC software is there when you want trending or batch export.
Automatic energy detection plus a 10-second readiness window means the full daily-QA list across photons and electrons completes faster than energy-by-energy chamber swaps.
Catalogs & Resources
Manufacturer datasheets. AAPM task-group reports, the 10-year Santa Chiara user-experience case study and the Keister clinical-experience talk are on the Knowledge Hub — link above.
Product Demonstrations
Manufacturer product overviews. The user-perspective clinical talk (Justin Keister, Advocate Aurora Health) lives on the Knowledge Hub.
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TG-142 daily coverage — what 8 chambers do (and don't)
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Eight chambers cover every photon and electron energy in one setup. Automatic energy detection means any order. ~10 s between beams. Where does the morning actually go on a chamber chain — and what changes?
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Daily linac QA — questions we hear from Indian medical-physicist teams
Why legacy daily QA burns the morning window, how the 8-chamber array collapses TG-142 daily QA into one setup, whether FFF beams are handled correctly, and how the device is supplied across India.
Q.Why does daily linac QA before the first patient take so long on legacy setups?
AAPM TG-142 daily QA touches output constancy, beam symmetry, flatness, and energy — for every clinical photon and electron energy on the machine. On legacy setups the physicist runs one measurement per energy, moves the detector, re-aligns, and re-reads — a 45-minute morning walk-in before the first patient is common. That morning window is unpaid clinical time on a machine that is already booked from 8 AM.
Q.How does QA BeamChecker Plus collapse daily QA into a single setup?
The 8-chamber array (1 centre + 4 quadrant + 3 energy-identification chambers) reads output, symmetry, flatness and energy in a single beam-on. Automatic energy detection cycles through every clinical energy on the machine — 60Co to 25 MV photons, 6–25 MeV electrons, up to 2 400 MU/min including FFF — without operator re-alignment between energies. Departments running the device report daily-QA turnaround under ten minutes across a multi-energy linac.
Q.Does BeamChecker Plus handle FFF (flattening-filter-free) beams properly?
Yes. FFF beams have a peaked profile that older 2D arrays flag as an out-of-tolerance flatness excursion because the tolerance limit is calibrated to a flat profile. BeamChecker Plus applies FFF-specific tolerance windows during energy identification, and the reference literature (Ma 2021) benchmarks the device against EPID on FFF-6X and FFF-10X beams within TG-142 tolerance.
Q.Is it enough as the only daily QA device on a modern IMRT / VMAT linac?
For TG-142 daily QA — yes. The 5-year Trilogy trending study (Chan 2015) followed 1 200 daily QA sessions on the device and demonstrated that BeamChecker Plus trending detects gradual output drift, symmetry drift and energy drift within TG-142 action thresholds. Weekly / monthly / annual QA still require the broader phantom + water-tank programme.
Q.How is BeamChecker Plus supplied and supported in India?
BeamChecker Plus is distributed across India by Saxsons Group under SKU RT-009. Supply covers the ion-chamber array, wireless electronics, control software, commissioning against the department's existing beam data and applications training for the therapist team that will run the daily QA at 07:45 every morning.
QA BeamChecker Plus supplier in India — Saxsons Group
Saxsons Group has supplied radiotherapy equipment to over 1,000 Indian hospitals since 1988. Every consignment of QA BeamChecker Plus ships with cold-chain logistics, AERB import documentation, CDSCO registration references and a Certificate of Analysis delivered before dispatch — the paperwork your radiation-safety and procurement teams need, pre-assembled.
- Nationwide delivery footprint — every metro and tier-2 city in India, scheduled to your treatment / procedure calendar.
- AERB & CDSCO documentation — import licence, radiation-safety paperwork and RSO briefing pre-assembled for the audit file.
- 40+ years in Indian oncology — long-standing supply relationships with AIIMS, Tata Memorial, and hundreds of tertiary-care centres.
- Single point of accountability — one purchase order, one delivery contact, one after-sales team across the whole product family.
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