Article ; Online: Development of Automated Delivery Quality Assurance Analysis Software for Helical Tomotherapy.
Technology in cancer research & treatment
2023 Volume 22, Page(s) 15330338231175781
Abstract: Background: To develop a fully automated in-house gamma analysis software for the "Cheese" phantom-based delivery quality assurance (QA) of helical tomotherapy plans.: Methods: The developed in-house software was designed to automate several ... ...
Abstract | Background: To develop a fully automated in-house gamma analysis software for the "Cheese" phantom-based delivery quality assurance (QA) of helical tomotherapy plans. Methods: The developed in-house software was designed to automate several procedures, which need to be manually performed using commercial software packages. The region of interest for the analysis was automatically selected by cropping out film edges and thresholding dose values (>10% of the maximum dose). The film-measured dose was automatically aligned to the computed dose using an image registration algorithm. An optimal film scaling factor was determined to maximize the percentage of pixels passing gamma (gamma passing rate) between the measured and computed doses (3%/3 mm criteria). This gamma analysis was repeated by introducing setup uncertainties in the anterior-posterior direction. For 73 tomotherapy plans, the gamma analysis results using the developed software were compared to those analyzed by medical physicists using a commercial software package. Results: The developed software successfully automated the gamma analysis for the tomotherapy delivery quality assurance. The gamma passing rate (GPR) calculated by the developed software was higher than that by the clinically used software by 3.0%, on average. While, for 1 of the 73 plans, the GPR by the manual gamma analysis was higher than 90% (pass/fail criteria), the gamma analysis using the developed software resulted in fail (GPR < 90%). Conclusions: The use of automated and standardized gamma analysis software can improve both the clinical efficiency and veracity of the analysis results. Furthermore, the gamma analyses with various film scaling factors and setup uncertainties will provide clinically useful information for further investigations. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Radiotherapy, Intensity-Modulated ; Software ; Algorithms ; Gamma Rays ; Phantoms, Imaging |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-05-25 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 2146365-7 |
ISSN | 1533-0338 ; 1533-0346 |
ISSN (online) | 1533-0338 |
ISSN | 1533-0346 |
DOI | 10.1177/15330338231175781 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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