ArticleJournal of applied clinical medical physics2022
Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process-based risk priority number for risk assessments of commissioning process of a ring gantry LINAC.
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- Systematic review of prospective hazard analysis in radiation therapy.Medical physics · 2025Pooled it
- Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process-based Risk Priority Number Approach in Failure Modes and Effects Analysis for Magnetic Resonance Imaging-guided High-dose-rate Brachytherapy for Gynecologic Cancer.Advances in radiation oncology · 2025Article
- Risk assessment of organ transplant operation: A fuzzy hybrid MCDM approach based on fuzzy FMEA.PloS one · 2024Article
- Fuzzy analytic hierarchy process-based risk priority number for risk assessments of commissioning process of a ring gantry LINAC.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeWe propose a fuzzy analytic hierarchy process (AHP)-based risk priority number (RPN) method in failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) to overcome the shortcomings of traditional RPN-based FMEA. Our research group has previously published the FMEA to mitigate the failure modes (FMs) for the commissioning process of a ring gantry LINAC. However, inter-relationships among FMs were observed in high ranked FMs due to a heavy reliance on imaging system.
methodsFuzzy AHP was applied to determine relative weights of risk impacts based on inter-relationships among FMs. Since the time sequence dependency is a major factor for risk factors, a hierarchical structure of AHP was used to reflect the directional impacts such as causal influence and feedback loop. Two fuzzy weighted RPNs, called (RPN
resultsThe differences between the two fuzzy RPN rankings are due to inherent fuzzy uncertainty and deviations in O, S, and D values submitted by the evaluators. Considering all results of traditional and fuzzy-based FMEA, the two most highly ranked FMs were identified: errors in determining the non-isocentric SSD and SSD from MV images because of the unique features of the ring gantry LINAC.
conclusionThis study has demonstrated the feasibility of the use of a fuzzy AHP-based RPN to perform comprehensive analysis and prioritization of FMs. The risk analysis using fuzzy AHP can be improved and/or refined based on the department's specific workflow and clinical preferences taking various priority weighting approaches into account.
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