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  • Radiation Oncology
  • Radiotherapy Quality Assurance

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  • Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) is a complex radiotherapy technique requiring precise delivery.
  • Ensuring accuracy in VMAT is crucial for effective cancer treatment and minimizing side effects.
  • Electronic Portal Imaging Devices (EPIDs) are commonly used for in vivo dosimetry, offering potential for real-time error detection.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the efficacy of an EPID-based 3D transit dosimetry system.
  • To assess the system's capability in identifying deliberately introduced errors during VMAT delivery.
  • To determine the sensitivity of the system to various error types, including delivery, thickness, and setup errors.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized an Alderson phantom with four VMAT treatment plans (prostate, head-and-neck, lung).
  • Introduced deliberate delivery, thickness, and setup errors into the treatment plans.
  • Reconstructed 3D dose distributions from EPID measurements for 'error' and 'no-error' plans.
  • Compared dose distributions using gamma analysis (γmean, γ1%) and isocenter dose difference (ΔD_isoc).

Main Results:

  • The system detected 79% of all introduced serious errors (90% excluding setup errors).
  • Successfully identified errors such as 5 mm leaf bank movement, incorrect collimator angle, and wrong photon energy.
  • Detected 1 cm phantom thickness changes in all cases and 2 cm shifts in head-and-neck cases.
  • Single leaf errors (5 mm) were detectable only in the lung plan.

Conclusions:

  • EPID-based 3D transit dosimetry shows promise in detecting critical errors during VMAT.
  • The system is effective for identifying dose delivery inaccuracies, leaf bank positioning, and patient thickness variations.
  • Detection of patient setup errors and individual leaf position errors is case-specific and requires further investigation.