Evaluation of gantry angle during respiratory-gated VMAT using triggered kilovoltage x-ray image.
J Appl Clin Med Phys
; 20(8): 98-104, 2019 Aug.
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| ID: mdl-31355984
Respiratory-gated volumetric modulated arc therapy (gated VMAT) involves further complexities to the dose delivery process because the gantry rotation must repeatedly stop and restart according to the gating signals. In previous studies, the gantry rotation performances were evaluated by the difference between the plan and the machine log. However, several reports pointed out that log analysis does not sufficiently replicate the machine performance. In this report, a measurement-based quality assurance of the relation between the gantry angle and gate-on or gate-off using triggered kilovoltage imaging and a cylinder phantom with 16 ball bearings is proposed. For the analysis, an in-house program that estimates and corrects the phantom offset was developed. The gantry angle in static and gated arc delivery was compared between the machine log and the proposed method. The gantry was set every 5 deg through its full motion range in static delivery, and rotated at three speeds (2, 4 and 6 deg s-1 ) with different gating intervals (1.5 or 3.0 s) in gated arc delivery. The mean and standard deviation of the angular differences between the log and the proposed method was -0.05 deg ± 0.12 deg in static delivery. The mean of the angular difference was within ±0.10 deg and the largest difference was 0.41 deg in gated arc delivery. The log records the output of the encoder so that miscalibration and mechanical sagging will be disregarded. However, the proposed method will help the users to detect the mechanical issues due to the repeated gantry stops and restarts in gated VMAT.
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Assunto principal:
Planejamento da Radioterapia Assistida por Computador
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Imagens de Fantasmas
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Radioterapia de Intensidade Modulada
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Técnicas de Imagem de Sincronização Respiratória
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Neoplasias
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Evaluation_studies
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Humans
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En
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J Appl Clin Med Phys
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2019
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Article