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Grams MP, de Los Santos LEF. Design and clinical use of a rotational phantom for dosimetric verification of IMRT/VMAT treatments. Phys Med 2018; 50:59-65. [PMID: 29891095 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.05.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2018] [Revised: 05/11/2018] [Accepted: 05/17/2018] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To describe the design and clinical use of a rotational phantom for dosimetric verification of IMRT/VMAT treatment plans using radiochromic film. METHODS A solid water cylindrical phantom was designed with separable upper and lower halves and rests on plastic bearings allowing for 360° rotation about its central axis. The phantom accommodates a half sheet of radiochromic film, and by rotating the cylinder, the film can be placed in any plane between coronal and sagittal. Calculated dose planes coinciding with rotated film measurements are exported by rotating the CT image and dose distribution within the treatment planning system. The process is illustrated with 2 rotated film measurements of an SRS treatment plan involving 4 separate targets. Additionally, 276 patient specific QA measurements were obtained with the phantom and analyzed with a 2%/2 mm gamma criterion. RESULTS The average 2%/2 mm gamma passing rate for all 276 plans was 99.3%. Seventy-two of the 276 plans were measured with the plane of the film rotated between the coronal and sagittal planes and had an average passing rate of 99.4%. CONCLUSIONS The rotational phantom allows for accurate film measurements in any plane. With this technique, regions of a dose distribution which might otherwise require multiple sagittal or coronal measurements can be verified with as few as a single measurement. This increases efficiency and, in combination with the high spatial resolution inherent to film dosimetry, makes the rotational technique an attractive option for patient-specific QA.
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- Michael P Grams
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Werlé F, Dehaynin N, Niederst C, Jarnet D, Gantier M, Karamanoukian D, Meyer P. Detecting anomalies in a deliberately biased tomotherapy plan: Comparison of two patient-specific quality assurance processes involving ArcCHECK ® and Gafchromic ® EBT3 films. Cancer Radiother 2017; 21:749-758. [PMID: 28780318 DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2017.04.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2016] [Revised: 03/03/2017] [Accepted: 04/18/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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PURPOSE This work proposes a comparative evaluation of two of our patient-specific quality assurance processes involving ArcCHECK® (Sun Nuclear) and Gafchromic® EBT3 films (Ashland) in order to determine which detector is able to most effectively detect an anomaly in a deliberately biased tomotherapy plan. MATERIAL AND METHODS A complex clinical head and neck tomotherapy plan was deliberately biased by introducing six errors: multileaf collimator leaf positional errors by leaving one and two central leafs closed during the whole treatment, initial radiation angle errors (+0.5° and +1.0°) and multileaf collimator leafs opening time errors (+0.5% and +1.0%). For each error-induced plan, comparison of ArcCHECK® with Gafchromic® EBT3 films (20.3×25.4cm2) was performed through two methods: a dose matrices subtraction study and a gamma index analysis. RESULTS The dose matrices subtraction study shows that our ArcCHECK® processing is able to detect all the six induced errors contrary to the one using films, which are only able to detect the two biases involving multileaf collimator leaf positional errors. The gamma index analysis confirms the previous method, since it shows all six errors induced in the reference plan seem to be widely detected with ArcCHECK® with the more restrictive 1%/1mm gamma criterion, whereas films may only be able to detect biases in relation to multileaf collimator leaf positional errors. It also shows the common 3%/3mm gamma criterion does not allow deciding between both detectors in the detection of the six induced biases. CONCLUSION Both comparative methods showed ArcCHECK® processing is more suitable to detect the six errors introduced in the reference treatment plan.
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- F Werlé
- Strasbourg oncologie libérale, centre de radiothérapie de la Robertsau, 184, route de la Wantzenau, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Unité de physique médicale, département de radiothérapie, centre Paul-Strauss, 3, rue de la Porte-de-l'Hôpital, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
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- Unité de physique médicale, département de radiothérapie, centre Paul-Strauss, 3, rue de la Porte-de-l'Hôpital, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Unité de physique médicale, département de radiothérapie, centre Paul-Strauss, 3, rue de la Porte-de-l'Hôpital, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Unité de physique médicale, département de radiothérapie, centre Paul-Strauss, 3, rue de la Porte-de-l'Hôpital, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Unité de physique médicale, département de radiothérapie, centre Paul-Strauss, 3, rue de la Porte-de-l'Hôpital, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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- Unité de physique médicale, département de radiothérapie, centre Paul-Strauss, 3, rue de la Porte-de-l'Hôpital, 67000 Strasbourg, France
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Differding S, Sterpin E, Hermand N, Vanstraelen B, Nuyts S, de Patoul N, Denis JM, Lee JA, Grégoire V. Radiation dose escalation based on FDG-PET driven dose painting by numbers in oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma: a dosimetric comparison between TomoTherapy-HA and RapidArc. Radiat Oncol 2017; 12:59. [PMID: 28335778 PMCID: PMC5364636 DOI: 10.1186/s13014-017-0793-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Purpose Validation of dose escalation through FDG-PET dose painting (DP) for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) requires randomized clinical trials with large sample size, potentially involving different treatment planning and delivery systems. As a first step of a joint clinical study of DP, a planning comparison was performed between Tomotherapy HiArt® (HT) and Varian RapidArc® (RA). Methods The planning study was conducted on five patients with oropharyngeal SCC. Elective and therapeutic CTVs were delineated based on anatomic information, and the respective PTVs (CTVs + 4 mm) were prescribed a dose of 56 (PTV56) and 70 Gy (PTV70). A gradient-based method was used to delineate automatically the external contours of the FDG-PET volume (GTVPET). Variation of the FDG uptake within the GTVPET was linearly converted into a prescription between 70 and 86 Gy. A dilation of the voxel-by-voxel prescription of 2.5 mm was applied to account for geometric errors in dose delivery (PTVPET). The study was divided in two planning phases aiming at maximizing target coverage (phase I) and lowering doses to OAR (phase II). A Quality-Volume Histogram (QVH) assessed conformity with the DP prescription inside the PTVPET. Results In phase I, for both HT and RA, all plans achieved comparable target coverage for PTV56 and PTV70, respecting the planning objectives. A median value of 99.9 and 97.2% of all voxels in the PTVPET received at least 95% of the prescribed dose for RA and HT, respectively. A median value of 0.0% and 3.7% of the voxels in the PTVPET received 105% or more of prescribed dose for RA and HT, respectively. In phase II, no significant differences were found in OAR sparing. Median treatment times were 13.7 min for HT and 5 min for RA. Conclusions Both HT and RA can generate similar dose distributions for FDG-PET based dose escalation and dose painting in oropharyngeal SCC patients. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s13014-017-0793-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Sarah Differding
- Department of Radiation Oncology, and Center for Molecular Imaging, Oncology and Radiotherapy (MIRO), Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, and Center for Molecular Imaging, Oncology and Radiotherapy (MIRO), Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Oncology, Experimental Radiation Oncology, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Oncology, Experimental Radiation Oncology, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Oncology, Experimental Radiation Oncology, KU Leuven - University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.,Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven Cancer Institute, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, St-Luc University Hospital, Avenue Hippocrate 10, B-1200, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, St-Luc University Hospital, Avenue Hippocrate 10, B-1200, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, and Center for Molecular Imaging, Oncology and Radiotherapy (MIRO), Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, and Center for Molecular Imaging, Oncology and Radiotherapy (MIRO), Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique (IREC), Brussels, Belgium. .,Department of Radiation Oncology, St-Luc University Hospital, Avenue Hippocrate 10, B-1200, Bruxelles, Belgium.
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Yang B, Wong WKR, Geng H, Lam WW, Ho YW, Kwok WM, Cheung KY, Yu SK. Filmless methods for quality assurance of Tomotherapy using ArcCHECK. Med Phys 2017; 44:7-16. [PMID: 28044341 DOI: 10.1002/mp.12009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Revised: 10/15/2016] [Accepted: 11/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Tomotherapy delivers an intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment by the synchronization of gantry rotation, multileaf collimator (MLC), and couch movement. This dynamic nature makes the quality assurance (QA) important and challenging. The purpose of this study is to develop some methodologies using an ArcCHECK for accurate QA measurements of the gantry angle and speed, MLC synchronization and leaf open time, couch translation per gantry rotation, couch speed and uniformity, and constancy of longitudinal beam profile for a Tomotherapy unit. METHODS Four test plans recommended by AAPM Task Group 148 (TG148) and the manufacturer were chosen for this study. Helical and static star shot tests are used for checking the leaves opened at the expected gantry angles. Another helical test is to verify the couch traveled the expected distance per gantry rotation. The final test is for checking the couch speed constancy with a static gantry. ArcCHECK can record the detector signal every 50 ms as a movie file, and has a virtual inclinometer for gantry angle measurement. These features made the measurement of gantry angle and speed, MLC synchronization and leaf open time, and longitudinal beam profile possible. A shaping parameter was defined for facilitating the location of the beam center during the plan delivery, which was thereafter used to calculate the couch translation per gantry rotation and couch speed. The full width at half maximum (FWHM) was calculated for each measured longitudinal beam profile and then used to evaluate the couch speed uniformity. Furthermore, a mean longitudinal profile was obtained for constancy check of field width. The machine trajectory log data were also collected for comparison. Inhouse programs were developed in MATLAB to process both the ArcCHECK and machine log data. RESULTS The deviation of our measurement results from the log data for gantry angle was calculated to be less than 0.4°. The percentage differences between measured and planned leaf open time were found to be within 0.5% in all the tests. Our results showed mean values of MLC synchronization of 0.982, 0.983, and 0.995 at static gantry angle 0°, 45°, and 135°, respectively. The mean value of measured couch translation and couch speed by ArcCHECK had less than 0.1% deviation from the planned values. The variation in the value of FWHM suggested the couch speed uniformity was better than 1%. The mean of measured longitudinal profiles was suitable for constancy check of field width. CONCLUSION Precise and efficient methods for measuring the gantry angle and speed, leaf open time, couch translation per gantry rotation, couch speed and uniformity, and constancy of longitudinal beam profile of Tomotherapy using ArcCHECK have been developed and proven to be accurate compared with machine log data. Estimation of the Tomotherapy binary MLC leaf open time is proven to be precise enough to verify the leaf open time as small as 277.8 ms. Our method also makes the observation and quantification of the synchronization of leaves possible.
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- B Yang
- Medical Physics and Research Department, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, 2 Village Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
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- Medical Physics and Research Department, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, 2 Village Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
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- Medical Physics and Research Department, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, 2 Village Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
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- Medical Physics and Research Department, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, 2 Village Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
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- Medical Physics and Research Department, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, 2 Village Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
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- Biomedical Engineering Department, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, 2 Village Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
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- Medical Physics and Research Department, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, 2 Village Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
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- Medical Physics and Research Department, Hong Kong Sanatorium & Hospital, 2 Village Road, Happy Valley, Hong Kong
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Chung JB, Kang SW, Eom KY, Song C, Choi KS, Suh TS. Comparison of Dosimetric Performance among Commercial Quality Assurance Systems for Verifying Pretreatment Plans of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Using Flattening-Filter-Free Beams. J Korean Med Sci 2016; 31:1742-1748. [PMID: 27709851 PMCID: PMC5056205 DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2016.31.11.1742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 07/19/2016] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of different commercial quality assurance (QA) systems for the pretreatment verification plan of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) with volumetric arc therapy (VMAT) technique using a flattening-filter-free beam. The verification for 20 pretreatment cancer patients (seven lung, six spine, and seven prostate cancers) were tested using three QA systems (EBT3 film, I'mRT MatriXX array, and MapCHECK). All the SBRT-VMAT plans were optimized in the Eclipse (version 11.0.34) treatment planning system (TPS) using the Acuros XB dose calculation algorithm and were delivered to the Varian TrueBeam® accelerator equipped with a high-definition multileaf collimator. Gamma agreement evaluation was analyzed with the criteria of 2% dose difference and 2 mm distance to agreement (2%/2 mm) or 3%/3 mm. The highest passing rate (99.1% for 3%/3 mm) was observed on the MapCHECK system while the lowest passing rate was obtained on the film. The pretreatment verification results depend on the QA systems, treatment sites, and delivery beam energies. However, the delivery QA results for all QA systems based on the TPS calculation showed a good agreement of more than 90% for both the criteria. It is concluded that the three 2D QA systems have sufficient potential for pretreatment verification of the SBRT-VMAT plan.
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- Jin Beom Chung
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, SAM Anyang Hospital, Anyang, Korea
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- Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
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Sterpin E. Monte Carlo evaluation of the dose calculation algorithm of TomoTherapy for clinical cases in dynamic jaws mode. Phys Med 2015; 31:273-80. [PMID: 25661978 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2015.01.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2014] [Revised: 01/14/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE For the TomoTherapy(®) system, longitudinal conformation can be improved by selecting a smaller field width but at the expense of longer treatment time. Recently, the TomoEdge(®) feature has been released with the possibility to move dynamically the jaws at the edges of the target volume, improving longitudinal penumbra and enabling faster treatments. Such delivery scheme requires additional modeling of treatment delivery. Using a previously validated Monte Carlo model (TomoPen), we evaluated the accuracy of the implementation of TomoEdge in the new dose engine of TomoTherapy for 15 clinical cases. METHODS TomoPen is based on PENELOPE. Particle tracking in the treatment head is performed almost instantaneously by 1) reading a particle from a phase-space file corresponding to the largest field and 2) correcting the weight of the particle depending on the actual jaw and MLC configurations using Monte Carlo pre-generated data. 15 clinical plans (5 head-and-neck, 5 lung and 5 prostate tumors) planned with TomoEdge and with the last release of the treatment planning system (VoLO(®)) were re-computed with TomoPen. The resulting dose-volume histograms were compared. RESULTS Good agreement was achieved overall, with deviations for the target volumes typically within 2% (D95), excepted for small lung tumors (17 cm(3)) where a maximum deviation of 4.4% was observed for D95. The results were consistent with previously reported values for static field widths. CONCLUSIONS For the clinical cases considered in the present study, the introduction of TomoEdge did not impact significantly the accuracy of the computed dose distributions.
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- E Sterpin
- Center of Molecular Imaging, Radiotherapy and Oncology, Institut de recherche expérimentale et clinique, Université catholique de Louvain, Avenue Hippocrate 54, 1200 Brussels, Belgium.
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Klüter S, Schubert K, Lissner S, Sterzing F, Oetzel D, Debus J, Schlegel W, Oelfke U, Nill S. Independent calculation of dose distributions for helical tomotherapy using a conventional treatment planning system. Med Phys 2014; 41:081709. [PMID: 25086519 DOI: 10.1118/1.4887779] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The dosimetric verification of treatment plans in helical tomotherapy usually is carried out via verification measurements. In this study, a method for independent dose calculation of tomotherapy treatment plans is presented, that uses a conventional treatment planning system with a pencil kernel dose calculation algorithm for generation of verification dose distributions based on patient CT data. METHODS A pencil beam algorithm that directly uses measured beam data was configured for dose calculation for a tomotherapy machine. Tomotherapy treatment plans were converted into a format readable by an in-house treatment planning system by assigning each projection to one static treatment field and shifting the calculation isocenter for each field in order to account for the couch movement. The modulation of the fluence for each projection is read out of the delivery sinogram, and with the kernel-based dose calculation, this information can directly be used for dose calculation without the need for decomposition of the sinogram. The sinogram values are only corrected for leaf output and leaf latency. Using the converted treatment plans, dose was recalculated with the independent treatment planning system. Multiple treatment plans ranging from simple static fields to real patient treatment plans were calculated using the new approach and either compared to actual measurements or the 3D dose distribution calculated by the tomotherapy treatment planning system. In addition, dose-volume histograms were calculated for the patient plans. RESULTS Except for minor deviations at the maximum field size, the pencil beam dose calculation for static beams agreed with measurements in a water tank within 2%/2 mm. A mean deviation to point dose measurements in the cheese phantom of 0.89% ± 0.81% was found for unmodulated helical plans. A mean voxel-based deviation of -0.67% ± 1.11% for all voxels in the respective high dose region (dose values >80%), and a mean local voxel-based deviation of -2.41% ± 0.75% for all voxels with dose values >20% were found for 11 modulated plans in the cheese phantom. Averaged over nine patient plans, the deviations amounted to -0.14% ± 1.97% (voxels >80%) and -0.95% ± 2.27% (>20%, local deviations). For a lung case, mean voxel-based deviations of more than 4% were found, while for all other patient plans, all mean voxel-based deviations were within ± 2.4%. CONCLUSIONS The presented method is suitable for independent dose calculation for helical tomotherapy within the known limitations of the pencil beam algorithm. It can serve as verification of the primary dose calculation and thereby reduce the need for time-consuming measurements. By using the patient anatomy and generating full 3D dose data, and combined with measurements of additional machine parameters, it can substantially contribute to overall patient safety.
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- Sebastian Klüter
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and German Consortium for Translational Cancer Research (DKTK), Im Neuenheimer Feld 400, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany and Joint Department of Physics at The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London SM2 5NG, United Kingdom
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- Joint Department of Physics at The Institute of Cancer Research and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London SM2 5NG, United Kingdom
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Takahashi Y, Hui SK. Fast, simple, and informative patient-specific dose verification method for intensity modulated total marrow irradiation with helical tomotherapy. Radiat Oncol 2014; 9:34. [PMID: 24461048 PMCID: PMC3922911 DOI: 10.1186/1748-717x-9-34] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2013] [Accepted: 01/23/2014] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Background Patient-specific dose verification for treatment planning in helical tomotherapy is routinely performed using a homogeneous virtual water cylindrical phantom of 30 cm diameter and 18 cm length (Cheese phantom). Because of this small length, treatment with total marrow irradiation (TMI) requires multiple deliveries of the dose verification procedures to cover a wide range of the target volumes, which significantly prolongs the dose verification process. We propose a fast, simple, and informative patient-specific dose verification method which reduce dose verification time for TMI with helical tomotherapy. Methods We constructed a two-step solid water slab phantom (length 110 cm, height 8 cm, and two-step width of 30 cm and 15 cm), termed the Whole Body Phantom (WB phantom). Three ionization chambers and three EDR-2 films can be inserted to cover extended field TMI treatment delivery. Three TMI treatment plans were conducted with a TomoTherapy HiArt Planning Station and verified using the WB phantom with ion chambers and films. Three regions simulating the head and neck, thorax, and pelvis were covered in a single treatment delivery. The results were compared to those with the cheese phantom supplied by Accuray, Inc. following three treatment deliveries to cover the body from head to pelvis. Results Use of the WB phantom provided point doses or dose distributions from head and neck to femur in a single treatment delivery of TMI. Patient-specific dose verification with the WB phantom was 62% faster than with the cheese phantom. The average pass rate in gamma analysis with the criteria of a 3-mm distance-to-agreement and 3% dose differences was 94% ± 2% for the three TMI treatment plans. The differences in pass rates between the WB and cheese phantoms at the upper thorax to abdomen regions were within 2%. The calculated dose agreed with the measured dose within 3% for all points in all five cases in both the WB and cheese phantoms. Conclusions Our dose verification method with the WB phantom provides simple and rapid quality assurance without limiting dose verification information in total marrow irradiation with helical tomotherapy.
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- Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, 424 Harvard Street SE, Minneapolis 55455, MN, USA.
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Lack DW, Kakakhel A, Starin R, Snyder M. Teflon cylindrical phantom for delivery quality assurance of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT). J Appl Clin Med Phys 2014; 15:4536. [PMID: 24423855 PMCID: PMC5711246 DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v15i1.4536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/13/2013] [Revised: 07/31/2013] [Accepted: 07/21/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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At our institution the standard delivery quality assurance (DQA) procedure for tomotherapy plans is accomplished with a water equivalent phantom, EDR2 film, and ion chamber point-dose measurements. Most plans deliver at most 5 Gy to the dose plane; however, recently a stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) protocol has produced plans delivering upwards of 12 Gy to the film plane. EDR2 film saturates at a dose of ~ 7 Gy, requiring a modification of our DQA procedure for SBRT plans. To reduce the dose to the film plane and accommodate a possible move to SBRT using Varian RapidArc, a Teflon phantom has been constructed and tested. Our Teflon phantom is cylindrical in shape and of a similar design to the standard phantom. The phantom was MVCT scanned on the TomoTherapy system with images imported into the TomoTherapy and Varian Eclipse planning systems. Phantom images were smoothed to reduce artifacts for treatment planning purposes. Verification SBRT plans were delivered with film and point-dose benchmarked against the standard procedure. Verification tolerance criteria were 3% dose difference for chamber measurements and a gamma pass rate > 90% for film (criteria: 3 mm DTA, 3% dose difference, 10% threshold). The phantom sufficiently reduced dose to the film plane for DQA of SBRT plans. Both planning systems calculated accurate point doses in phantom, with the largest differences being 2.4% and 4.4% for TomoTherapy and Rapid Arc plans. Measured dose distributions correlated well with planning system calculations (γ < 1 for > 95%). These results were comparable to the standard phantom. The Teflon phantom appears to be a potential option for SBRT DQA. Preliminary data show that the planning systems are capable of calculating point doses in the Teflon, and the dose to the film plane is reduced sufficiently to allow for a direct measured DQA without the need for dose rescaling.
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Yun J, Wachowicz K, Mackenzie M, Rathee S, Robinson D, Fallone BG. First demonstration of intrafractional tumor-tracked irradiation using 2D phantom MR images on a prototype linac-MR. Med Phys 2013; 40:051718. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4802735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Neilson C, Klein M, Barnett R, Yartsev S. Delivery quality assurance with ArcCHECK. Med Dosim 2013; 38:77-80. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2012.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2011] [Revised: 05/22/2012] [Accepted: 07/30/2012] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Jastaniyah N, Murtha A, Pervez N, Le D, Roa W, Patel S, Mackenzie M, Fulton D, Field C, Ghosh S, Fallone G, Abdulkarim B. Phase I study of hypofractionated intensity modulated radiation therapy with concurrent and adjuvant temozolomide in patients with glioblastoma multiforme. Radiat Oncol 2013; 8:38. [PMID: 23425509 PMCID: PMC3599873 DOI: 10.1186/1748-717x-8-38] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2012] [Accepted: 02/03/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Purpose To determine the safety and efficacy of hypofractionated intensity modulated radiation therapy (Hypo-IMRT) using helical tomotherapy (HT) with concurrent low dose temozolomide (TMZ) followed by adjuvant TMZ in patients with glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). Methods and materials Adult patients with GBM and KPS > 70 were prospectively enrolled between 2005 and 2007 in this phase I study. The Fibonacci dose escalation protocol was implemented to establish a safe radiation fractionation regimen. The protocol defined radiation therapy (RT) dose level I as 54.4 Gy in 20 fractions over 4 weeks and dose level II as 60 Gy in 22 fractions over 4.5 weeks. Concurrent TMZ followed by adjuvant TMZ was given according to the Stupp regimen. The primary endpoints were feasibility and safety of Hypo-IMRT with concurrent TMZ. Secondary endpoints included progression free survival (PFS), pattern of failure, overall survival (OS) and incidence of pseudoprogression. The latter was defined as clinical or radiological suggestion of tumour progression within three months of radiation completion followed by spontaneous recovery of the patient. Results A total of 25 patients were prospectively enrolled with a median follow-up of 12.4 months. The median age at diagnosis was 53 years. Based on recursive partitioning analysis (RPA) criteria, 16%, 52% and 32% of the patients were RPA class III, class IV and class V, respectively. All patients completed concurrent RT and TMZ, and 19 patients (76.0%) received adjuvant TMZ. The median OS was 15.67 months (95% CI 11.56 - 20.04) and the median PFS was 6.7 months (95% CI 4.0 – 14.0). The median time between surgery and start of RT was 44 days (range of 28 to 77 days). Delaying radiation therapy by more than 6 weeks after surgery was an independent prognostic factor associated with a worse OS (4.0 vs. 16.1 months, P = 0.027). All recurrences occurred within 2 cm of the original gross tumour volume (GTV). No cases of pseudoprogression were identified in our cohort of patients. Three patients tolerated dose level I with no dose limiting toxicity and hence the remainder of the patients were treated with dose level II according to the dose escalation protocol. Grade 3–4 hematological toxicity was limited to two patients and one patient developed Grade 4 Pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia. Conclusion Hypo-IMRT using HT given with concurrent TMZ is feasible and safe. The median OS and PFS are comparable to those observed with conventional fractionation. Hypofractionated radiation therapy offers the advantage of a shorter treatment period which is imperative in this group of patients with limited life expectancy.
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- Noha Jastaniyah
- Division of Radiation Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute and University of Alberta, 11560, University Avenue, Edmonton, AB, T6G 1Z2, Canada
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Tudor GSJ, Thomas SJ. Impact of the fixed gantry angle approximation on dosimetric accuracy for helical tomotherapy plans. Med Phys 2012; 40:011711. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4769120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Sterpin E, Verboomen C, Vynckier S. Impact of the number of discrete angles used during dose computation for TomoTherapy treatments. Med Phys 2012; 39:6947-56. [PMID: 23127088 DOI: 10.1118/1.4762684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To quantify systematically the effect on accuracy of discretizing gantry rotation during the dose calculation process of TomoTherapy treatments. METHODS Up to version 4.0.x included, TomoTherapy treatment planning system (TPS) approximates gantry rotation by computing dose from 51 discrete angles corresponding to the center of the projections used to control the binary multileaf collimator. Potential effects on dose computation accuracy for off-axis targets and low modulation factors have been shown previously for a few treatment configurations. In versions 4.1.x and later, TomoTherapy oversamples the projections to better account for gantry rotation, but only during full scatter optimization and final calculation (i.e., not during optimization in "beamlet" mode). The effect on accuracy of changing the number of angles was quantified with the following framework: (1) predict the impact of the discretization of gantry rotation for various modulation factors, target sizes, and off-axis positions using a simplified analytical algorithm; (2) perform regular quality assurance using measurements with EDR2 radiographic films; (3) isolating the effect of changing the number of discretized angles only (51, 153, and 459) using a previously validated Monte Carlo model (TomoPen). The diameters of the targets were 2, 3, and 5 cm; off-axis central positions of target volumes were 5, 10 and 15, and 17 cm (when accepted by the treatment unit); planned modulation factors were 1.3 and 2.0. RESULTS For extreme configurations (3 cm tumor, 1.3 modulation factor, 15 cm off-axis position), effects on dose distributions were significant with 89.3% and 95.4% of the points passing gamma tests with 2%∕2 mm and 3%∕3 mm criteria, respectively, for TPS software version 4.0.x (51 gantry angles). The passing rate was 100% for both gamma criteria for the 4.1.x version (153 gantry angles). Those differences could be attributed almost completely to gantry motion discretization using TomoPen. Using 51 gantry angles for dose computation, TomoPen reproduced within statistical uncertainties (<1% standard deviation) dose distributions computed with version 4.0.x. Using 153 and 459 gantry angles, TomoPen reproduced within statistical uncertainties measurements and dose distributions computed with version 4.1.x. CONCLUSIONS When low modulation factors and significant off-axis positions are used, accounting for gantry rotation during dose computation using at least 153 gantry angles is required to ensure optimal accuracy.
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- E Sterpin
- Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium
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Catuzzo P, Zenone F, Aimonetto S, Peruzzo A, Casanova Borca V, Pasquino M, Franco P, La Porta MR, Ricardi U, Tofani S. Technical note: Patient-specific quality assurance methods for TomoDirectTM
whole breast treatment delivery. Med Phys 2012; 39:4073-8. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4722967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Whitmore N, Nalichowski A, Burmeister J. Effects of dose scaling on delivery quality assurance in tomotherapy. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2012; 13:3621. [PMID: 22231213 PMCID: PMC5716129 DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i1.3621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2011] [Revised: 07/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/23/2011] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Delivery quality assurance (DQA) of tomotherapy plans is routinely performed with silver halide film which has a limited range due to the effects of saturation. DQA plans with dose values exceeding this limit require the dose of the entire plan to be scaled downward if film is used, to evaluate the dose distribution in two dimensions. The potential loss of fidelity between scaled and unscaled DQA plans as a function of dose scaling is investigated. Three treatment plans for 12 Gy fractions designed for SBRT of the lung were used to create DQA procedures that were scaled between 100% and 10%. The dose was measured with an ionization chamber array and compared to values from the tomotherapy treatment planning system. Film and cylindrical ion chamber measurements were also made for one patient for scaling factors of 50% to 10% to compare with the ionization chamber array measurements. The array results show the average gamma pass rate is ≥99% from 100% to 30% scaling. The average gamma pass rate falls to 93.6% and 51.1% at 20% and 10% scaling, respectively. Film analysis yields similar pass rates. Cylindrical ion chambers did not exhibit significant variation with dose scaling, but only represent points in the low gradient region of the dose distribution. Scaling the dose changes the mechanics of the radiation delivery, as well as the signal‐to‐noise ratio. Treatment plans which exhibit parameters that differ significantly from those common to DQA plans studied in this paper may exhibit different behavior. Dose scaling should be limited to the smallest degree possible. Planar information, such as that from film or a detector array, is required. The results show that it is not necessary to perform both a scaled and unscaled DQA plan for the treatment plans considered here. PACS numbers: 87.55.km, 87.55.Qr
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- Nathan Whitmore
- Wayne State University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology, Gershenson Radiation Oncology Center, Detroit, MI 48201, USA.
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Song JY, Ahn SJ. Effect of image value-to-density table (IVDT) on the accuracy of delivery quality assurance (DQA) process in helical tomotherapy. Med Dosim 2011; 37:265-70. [PMID: 22189030 DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2011.09.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2011] [Revised: 07/26/2011] [Accepted: 09/16/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The effect of the accuracy in the application of the image value-to-density table (IVDT) from kilovoltage computed tomography (kVCT) and mega-voltage computed tomography (MVCT) images on the delivery quality assurance (DQA) in helical tomotherapy (HT) was analyzed. The DQA plans were prepared with a kVCT image of a cheese phantom for 10 HT patients, and the difference in absolute dose equivalence between the planned and real measurement was evaluated according to the accuracy of IVDT application. The difference between the calculated dose distribution and real dose distribution measured with MapCHECK (SunNuclear, Melbourne, FL) was analyzed through the DQA process with a kVCT MapCHECK image and the same analysis was performed with an MVCT MapCHECK image. The IVDT for kVCT was applied to MVCT and the variation in error between the planned and real measurement caused by improper application of IVDT was evaluated. The accuracy of the IVDT application in the homogeneous water-equivalent cheese phantom had only a minor influence on the dose calculation. Although the overall accuracy of the calculated dose was increased when the proper IVDT was applied, this result had no statistical significance. The MVCT image of MapCHECK contained less error between the calculated dose and delivered dose with a high pass rate. The proper IVDT application to the MVCT image of MapCHECK increased the accuracy of dose calculation, and this result had a statistical significance. Application of the correct IVDT is important in HT DQA and its significance is increased when using phantoms consisting of inhomogeneous density materials.
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- Ju-Young Song
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju, Republic of Korea.
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Sterpin E, Chen Y, Chen Q, Lu W, Mackie TR, Vynckier S. Monte Carlo-based simulation of dynamic jaws tomotherapy. Med Phys 2011; 38:5230-8. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3626486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Pelagade SM, Paliwal BR. Verification of tomotherapy dose delivery. J Med Phys 2011; 34:188-90. [PMID: 20098569 PMCID: PMC2807687 DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.54856] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2008] [Revised: 03/26/2009] [Accepted: 05/04/2009] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Seventy-one patient-specific delivery quality assurance (DQA) plans for the Tomotherapy HI-ART II helical tomotherapy system (TomoTherapy, Inc., Madison, WI, USA) were measured using film and ion chamber. The agreement in absolute point dose was 1.19 ± 0.79%, 1.91 ± 1.39%, 2.14 ± 1.3%, 1.3 ± 0.73% and 1.67 ± 1.5% for head and neck, prostate, pelvis-abdomen sites, and for all other sites. The spatial agreement between the calculated and the measured film dose distributions was evaluated using the gamma metric distribution. The average frequency versus gamma interval was plotted as a bar graph to quantify the gamma index variation inside the region of interest for each body site.
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- S M Pelagade
- Department of Medical Physics, The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, NCH Campus, Asarwa, Ahmedabad-380016, India
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Low DA, Moran JM, Dempsey JF, Dong L, Oldham M. Dosimetry tools and techniques for IMRT. Med Phys 2011; 38:1313-38. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3514120] [Citation(s) in RCA: 298] [Impact Index Per Article: 22.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Ardu V, Broggi S, Cattaneo GM, Mangili P, Calandrino R. Dosimetric accuracy of tomotherapy dose calculation in thorax lesions. Radiat Oncol 2011; 6:14. [PMID: 21306629 PMCID: PMC3045960 DOI: 10.1186/1748-717x-6-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2010] [Accepted: 02/09/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To analyse limits and capabilities in dose calculation of collapsed-cone-convolution (CCC) algorithm implemented in helical tomotherapy (HT) treatment planning system for thorax lesions. METHODS The agreement between measured and calculated dose was verified both in homogeneous (Cheese Phantom) and in a custom-made inhomogeneous phantom. The inhomogeneous phantom was employed to mimic a patient's thorax region with lung density encountered in extreme cases and acrylic inserts of various dimensions and positions inside the lung cavity. For both phantoms, different lung treatment plans (single or multiple metastases and targets in the mediastinum) using HT technique were simulated and verified. Point and planar dose measurements, both with radiographic extended-dose-range (EDR2) and radiochromic external-beam-therapy (EBT2) films, were performed. Absolute point dose measurements, dose profile comparisons and quantitative analysis of gamma function distributions were analyzed. RESULTS An excellent agreement between measured and calculated dose distributions was found in homogeneous media, both for point and planar dose measurements. Absolute dose deviations <3% were found for all considered measurement points, both inside the PTV and in critical structures. Very good results were also found for planar dose distribution comparisons, where at least 96% of all points satisfied the gamma acceptance criteria (3%-3 mm), both for EDR2 and for EBT2 films. Acceptable results were also reported for the inhomogeneous phantom. Similar point dose deviations were found with slightly worse agreement for the planar dose distribution comparison: 96% of all points passed the gamma analysis test with acceptable levels of 4%-4 mm and 5%-4 mm, for EDR2 and EBT2 films respectively. Lower accuracy was observed in high dose/low density regions, where CCC seems to overestimate the measured dose around 4-5%. CONCLUSIONS Very acceptable accuracy was found for complex lung treatment plans calculated with CCC algorithm implemented in the tomotherapy TPS even in the heterogeneous phantom with very low lung-density.
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- Veronica Ardu
- Medical Physics Department, IRCCS San Raffaele, Milano, Italy
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Watanabe Y, Gopishankar N. Three-dimensional dosimetry of TomoTherapy by MRI-based polymer gel technique. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2010. [PMID: 21330972 PMCID: PMC3378327 DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v12i1.3273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023] Open
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Verification of the dose calculation model and the software used for treatment planning is an important step for accurate radiation delivery in radiation therapy. Using BANG3 polymer gel dosimeter with a 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, we examined the accuracy of TomoTherapy treatment planning and radiation delivery. We evaluated one prostate treatment case and found the calculated three-dimensional (3D) dose distributions agree with the measured 3D dose distributions with an exception in the regions where the dose was much smaller (25% or less) than the maximum dose (2.5 Gy). The analysis using the gamma-index (3% dose difference and 3 mm distance-to-agreement) for a volume of 12 cm × 11 cm × 9 cm containing the planning target volume showed that the gamma values were smaller than unity for 53% of the voxels. Our measurement protocol and analysis tools can be easily applied to the evaluation of other newer complex radiation delivery techniques, such as intensity-modulated arc therapy, with a reasonably low financial investment.
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- Yoichi Watanabe
- Department of Therapeutic Radiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
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Jursinic PA, Sharma R, Reuter J. MapCHECK used for rotational IMRT measurements: Step-and-shoot, Tomotherapy, RapidArc. Med Phys 2010; 37:2837-46. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3431994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Martin S, Yartsev S. kVCT, MVCT, and hybrid CT image studies-Treatment planning and dose delivery equivalence on helical tomotherapy. Med Phys 2010; 37:2847-54. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3432566] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Goddu SM, Yaddanapudi S, Pechenaya OL, Chaudhari SR, Klein EE, Khullar D, El Naqa I, Mutic S, Wahab S, Santanam L, Zoberi I, Low DA. Dosimetric consequences of uncorrected setup errors in helical Tomotherapy treatments of breast-cancer patients. Radiother Oncol 2009; 93:64-70. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2009] [Revised: 07/11/2009] [Accepted: 07/16/2009] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Davidson SE, Popple RA, Ibbott GS, Followill DS. Technical note: Heterogeneity dose calculation accuracy in IMRT: study of five commercial treatment planning systems using an anthropomorphic thorax phantom. Med Phys 2009; 35:5434-9. [PMID: 19175103 DOI: 10.1118/1.3006353] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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The purpose of this study was to determine the accuracy of five commonly used intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) treatment planning systems (TPSs), 3 using convolution superposition algorithms or the analytical anisotropic algorithm (CSA/AAAs) and 2 using pencil beam algorithms (PBAs), in calculating the absorbed dose within a low-density, heterogeneous region when compared with measurements made in an anthropomorphic thorax phantom. The dose predicted in the target center met the test criteria (5% of the dose normalization point or 3 mm distance to agreement) for all TPSs tested; however, at the tumor-lung interface and at the peripheral lung in the vicinity of the tumor, the CSA/AAAs performed better than the PBAs (85% and 50%, respectively, of pixels meeting the 5%/3-mm test criteria), and thus should be used to determine dose in heterogeneous regions.
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- Scott E Davidson
- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
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Zhao YL, Mackenzie M, Kirkby C, Fallone BG. Monte Carlo evaluation of a treatment planning system for helical tomotherapy in an anthropomorphic heterogeneous phantom and for clinical treatment plans. Med Phys 2008; 35:5366-74. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3002316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Zhao YL, Mackenzie M, Kirkby C, Fallone BG. Monte Carlo calculation of helical tomotherapy dose delivery. Med Phys 2008; 35:3491-500. [PMID: 18777909 DOI: 10.1118/1.2948409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Helical tomotherapy delivers intensity modulated radiation therapy using a binary multileaf collimator (MLC) to modulate a fan beam of radiation. This delivery occurs while the linac gantry and treatment couch are both in constant motion, so the beam describes, from a patient/phantom perspective, a spiral or helix of dose. The planning system models this continuous delivery as a large number (51) of discrete gantry positions per rotation, and given the small jaw/fan width setting typically used (1 or 2.5 cm) and the number of overlapping rotations used to cover the target (pitch often <0.5), the treatment planning system (TPS) potentially employs a very large number of static beam directions and leaf opening configurations to model the modulated fields. All dose calculations performed by the system employ a convolution/superposition model. In this work the authors perform a full Monte Carlo (MC) dose calculation of tomotherapy deliveries to phantom computed tomography (CT) data sets to verify the TPS calculations. All MC calculations are performed with the EGSnrc-based MC simulation codes, BEAMnrc and DOSXYZnrc. Simulations are performed by taking the sinogram (leaf opening versus time) of the treatment plan and decomposing it into 51 different projections per rotation, as does the TPS, each of which is segmented further into multiple MLC opening configurations, each with different weights that correspond to leaf opening times. Then the projection is simulated by the summing of all of the opening configurations, and the overall rotational treatment is simulated by the summing of all of the projection simulations. Commissioning of the source model was verified by comparing measured and simulated values for the percent depth dose and beam profiles shapes for various jaw settings. The accuracy of the MLC leaf width and tongue and groove spacing were verified by comparing measured and simulated values for the MLC leakage and a picket fence pattern. The validated source and MLC configuration were then used to simulate a complex modulated delivery from fixed gantry angle. Further, a preliminary rotational treatment plan to a delivery quality assurance phantom (the "cheese" phantom) CT data set was simulated. Simulations were compared with measured results taken with an A1SL ionization chamber or EDR2 film measurements in a water tank or in a solid water phantom, respectively. The source and MLC MC simulations agree with the film measurements, with an acceptable number of pixels passing the 2%/1 mm gamma criterion. 99.8% of voxels of the MC calculation in the planning target volume (PTV) of the preliminary plan passed the 2%/2 mm gamma value test. 87.0% and 66.2% of the voxels in two organs at risk (OARs) passed the 2%/2 mm tests. For a 3%/3 mm criterion, the PTV and OARs show 100%, 93.2%, and 86.6% agreement, respectively. All voxels passed the gamma value test with a criterion of 5%/3 mm. The Tomo-Therapy TPS showed comparable results.
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- Ying-Li Zhao
- Department of Medical Physics, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Sterpin E, Salvat F, Cravens R, Ruchala K, Olivera GH, Vynckier S. Monte Carlo simulation of helical tomotherapy with PENELOPE. Phys Med Biol 2008; 53:2161-80. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/8/011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Broggi S, Mauro Cattaneo G, Molinelli S, Maggiulli E, Del Vecchio A, Longobardi B, Perna L, Fazio F, Calandrino R. Results of a two-year quality control program for a helical tomotherapy unit. Radiother Oncol 2008; 86:231-41. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2007] [Revised: 10/31/2007] [Accepted: 11/02/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Tomotherapy as a tool in image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT): theoretical and technological aspects. Biomed Imaging Interv J 2007; 3:e16. [PMID: 21614257 PMCID: PMC3097641 DOI: 10.2349/biij.3.1.e16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2006] [Accepted: 01/30/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Helical tomotherapy (HT) is a novel treatment approach that combines Intensity-Modulate Radiation Therapy (IMRT) delivery with in-built image guidance using megavoltage (MV) CT scanning. The technique utilises a 6 MV linear accelerator mounted on a CT type ring gantry. The beam is collimated to a fan beam, which is intensity modulated using a binary multileaf collimator (MLC). As the patient advances slowly through the ring gantry, the linac rotates around the patient with a leaf-opening pattern optimised to deliver a highly conformal dose distribution to the target in the helical beam trajectory. The unit also allows the acquisition of MVCT images using the same radiation source detuned to reduce its effective energy to 3.5 MV, making the dose required for imaging less than 3 cGy. This paper discusses the major features of HT and describes the advantages and disadvantages of this approach in the context of the commercial Hi-ART system.
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Zeidan OA, Stephenson SAL, Meeks SL, Wagner TH, Willoughby TR, Kupelian PA, Langen KM. Characterization and use of EBT radiochromic film for IMRT dose verification. Med Phys 2006; 33:4064-72. [PMID: 17153386 DOI: 10.1118/1.2360012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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We present an evaluation of a new and improved radiochromic film, type EBT, for its implementation to IMRT dose verification. Using a characterized flat bed color CCD scanner, the film's dose sensitivity, uniformity, and speed of development post exposure were shown to be superior to previous types of radiochromic films. The film's dose response was found to be very similar to ion chamber scans in water through comparisons of depth dose and lateral dose profiles. The effect of EBT film polarization with delivered dose and film scan orientation was shown to have a significant effect on the scanner's OD readout. In addition, the film's large size, flexibility, and the ability to submerge it in water for relatively short periods of time allowed for its use in both water and solid water phantoms to verify TomoTherapy IMRT dose distributions in flat and curved dose planes. Dose verification in 2D was performed on ten IMRT plans (five head and neck and five prostate) by comparing measured EBT dose distributions to TomoTherapy treatment planning system calculated dose. The quality of agreement was quantified by the gamma index for four sets of dose difference and distance to agreement criteria. Based on this study, we show that EBT film has several favorable features that allow for its use in routine IMRT patient-specific QA.
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- Omar A Zeidan
- Department of Radiation Physics, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, 1400 South Orange Avenue, MP 730, Orlando, Florida 32806, USA.
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Laser literature watch. Photomed Laser Surg 2006; 24:424-53. [PMID: 16875454 DOI: 10.1089/pho.2006.24.424] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Abstract
Tomotherapy is the delivery of intensity modulated radiation therapy using rotational delivery of a fan beam in the manner of a CT scanner. In helical tomotherapy the couch and gantry are in continuous motion akin to a helical CT scanner. Helical tomotherapy is inherently capable of acquiring CT images of the patient in treatment position and using this information for image guidance. This review documents technological advancements of the field concentrating on the conceptual beginnings through to its first clinical implementation. The history of helical tomotherapy is also a story of technology migration from academic research to a university-industrial partnership, and finally to commercialization and widespread clinical use.
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MESH Headings
- Equipment Design
- History, 20th Century
- History, 21st Century
- Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted/history
- Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted/instrumentation
- Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted/methods
- Radiotherapy, Conformal/history
- Radiotherapy, Conformal/instrumentation
- Radiotherapy, Conformal/methods
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed/history
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed/instrumentation
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed/methods
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Affiliation(s)
- T R Mackie
- University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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