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  • Medical Physics
  • Radiologic Technology
  • Quality Assurance

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  • Cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) is crucial for image-guided radiation therapy.
  • Ensuring consistent CBCT image quality is vital for accurate patient setup and treatment delivery.
  • Routine quality assurance (QA) protocols aim to detect and prevent image quality degradation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of monthly automated CBCT QA using the CATPHAN phantom in predicting clinically significant image quality problems.
  • To determine the sensitivity and specificity of various CATPHAN image quality metrics for detecting linac-based CBCT issues.

Main Methods:

  • Monthly QA data from eight Varian linacs over 34 months were analyzed using the CATPHAN 500 phantom and Total QA software.
  • Image quality metrics included geometric distortion, spatial resolution, Hounsfield Unit (HU) constancy, uniformity, and noise.
  • Performance was assessed by comparing QA failures to clinically identified issues and generating Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves.

Main Results:

  • Only 17% of clinically recognizable CBCT image quality issues were preceded by a failing monthly QA test.
  • Uniformity (Area Under Curve [AUC] = 0.85) and HU constancy (AUC = 0.73) showed the best predictive performance among tested metrics.
  • Despite better performance, uniformity testing still exhibited low sensitivity and high false-positive rates.

Conclusions:

  • Current automated monthly CBCT QA protocols are inadequate predictors of clinical image quality problems.
  • Improvements may require incorporating global algorithms and adapting QA based on clinical use patterns.
  • Further research is needed to understand the nature of image quality degradation (trending vs. random failures).