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Automatic detection of MLC relative position errors for VMAT using the EPID-based picket fence test

Christophides, Damianos ; Davies, Alex ; Fleckney, Mark

Physics in medicine & biology, 2016-12, Vol.61 (23), p.8340-8359 [Periódico revisado por pares]

England: IOP Publishing

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  • Título:
    Automatic detection of MLC relative position errors for VMAT using the EPID-based picket fence test
  • Autor: Christophides, Damianos ; Davies, Alex ; Fleckney, Mark
  • Assuntos: Algorithms ; Automation ; Calibration ; Electrical Equipment and Supplies ; EPID ; Humans ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation ; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods ; Linac QA ; MLC QA ; Particle Accelerators - instrumentation ; Particle Accelerators - standards ; Radiotherapy Setup Errors - prevention & control ; Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated - instrumentation ; Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated - methods ; Retrospective Studies ; VMAT
  • É parte de: Physics in medicine & biology, 2016-12, Vol.61 (23), p.8340-8359
  • Notas: PMB-104180.R2
    Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
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  • Descrição: Multi-leaf collimators (MLCs) ensure the accurate delivery of treatments requiring complex beam fluences like intensity modulated radiotherapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy. The purpose of this work is to automate the detection of MLC relative position errors   0.5 mm using electronic portal imaging device-based picket fence tests and compare the results to the qualitative assessment currently in use. Picket fence tests with and without intentional MLC errors were measured weekly on three Varian linacs. The picket fence images analysed covered a time period ranging between 14-20 months depending on the linac. An algorithm was developed that calculated the MLC error for each leaf-pair present in the picket fence images. The baseline error distributions of each linac were characterised for an initial period of 6 months and compared with the intentional MLC errors using statistical metrics. The distributions of median and one-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test p-value exhibited no overlap between baseline and intentional errors and were used retrospectively to automatically detect MLC errors in routine clinical practice. Agreement was found between the MLC errors detected by the automatic method and the fault reports during clinical use, as well as interventions for MLC repair and calibration. In conclusion the method presented provides for full automation of MLC quality assurance, based on individual linac performance characteristics. The use of the automatic method has been shown to provide early warning for MLC errors that resulted in clinical downtime.
  • Editor: England: IOP Publishing
  • Idioma: Inglês
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