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Ensuring medical linear accelerators are beam-matched is crucial for flexible radiotherapy. Vendor criteria were insufficient, as two accelerators showed discrepancies, highlighting the need for treatment planning system (TPS) calculations in evaluations.

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Area of Science:

  • Radiation Oncology
  • Medical Physics

Background:

  • Radiotherapy flexibility requires patient mobility between medical linear accelerators (LINACs) without treatment plan alterations.
  • Achieving this necessitates that LINACs possess identical or near-identical dosimetric characteristics, a state known as beam-matching.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the adequacy of vendor-defined beam-matching criteria for Varian iX LINACs.
  • To evaluate the dosimetric consistency across multiple LINACs for photon and electron beams.
  • To determine the necessity of including treatment planning system (TPS) calculations for ensuring clinical accuracy.

Main Methods:

  • Installation and commissioning of eight Varian iX LINACs with 6 and 15 MV photon beams and 6-18 MeV electron beams (four LINACs).
  • Extensive dosimetric measurements were performed during commissioning.
  • Measured absorbed dose data were compared against a reference accelerator and TPS calculations.

Main Results:

  • All eight LINACs met the vendor's "fine beam-match" criteria.
  • Two of the eight LINACs exhibited significant discrepancies for the 15 MV photon beam, undetected by vendor criteria.
  • Six LINACs demonstrated satisfactory beam-matching; comparisons with TPS calculations were essential for accurate evaluation.

Conclusions:

  • Vendor-defined beam-matching acceptance criteria are not sufficiently stringent for guaranteeing optimal beam-match.
  • Discrepancies in dose calculations and beam-matched accelerators can cumulatively impact clinical accuracy.
  • Integrating TPS calculations into the evaluation process is the most reliable method to ensure accelerators meet clinical accuracy standards.