Development and Longitudinal Analysis of Plan-Based Streamlined Quality Assurance on Multiple Positioning Guidance Systems With Single Phantom Setup
This study was to propose and validate an efficient and streamlined quality assurance (QA) method with a single phantom setup to check performances of patient positioning guidance systems including six-degree-of-freedom (6DoF) couch, X-ray modalities (kV-kV, MV-MV and CBCT), optical surface imaging...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Frontiers in oncology Jg. 11; S. 683733 |
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16.06.2021
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| Zusammenfassung: | This study was to propose and validate an efficient and streamlined quality assurance (QA) method with a single phantom setup to check performances of patient positioning guidance systems including six-degree-of-freedom (6DoF) couch, X-ray modalities (kV-kV, MV-MV and CBCT), optical surface imaging system (AlignRT), lasers and optical distance indicator (ODI).
The QA method was based on a pseudo-patient treatment plan using the AlignRT cube phantom. The cube was first randomly set up on the couch, and the initial position offsets were acquired by AlignRT and CBCT. The cube was restored to its reference position by 6DoF couch shift, during which the couch motion accuracy and tracking performances of AlignRT and CBCT were derived. After that, the residual offsets were acquired by kV-kV, MV-MV and AlignRT to derive the isocenter discrepancies. Finally, the laser alignment and ODI values were visually inspected. The QA procedure had been internally approved as a standard weekly QA test, and the results over 50 weeks were longitudinally analyzed for clinical validation.
The 6DoF couch motion errors as well as the tracking errors of AlignRT were sub-millimeter and sub-degree, and no deviation over 1 mm or 1 deg was identified. The ROI mode of isocenter (ISO) in AlignRT exhibited more consistent results than the centroid (CEN). While the isocenter discrepancy between CBCT and kV-kV was negligible, the maximal discrepancies between CBCT and MV-MV were 0.4 mm in LNG and 0.3 deg in PITCH. The isocenter discrepancies between CBCT and AlignRT were <0.5 mm in translation and <0.3 deg in rotation. For AlignRT, the isocenter discrepancies between the DICOM and SGRT references were about 0.6 mm in VRT, 0.5 mm in LNG and 0.2 deg in PITCH. As the therapists became familiar with the workflow, the average time to complete the whole procedure was around 23 min.
The streamlined QA exhibits desirable practicality as an efficient multipurpose performance check on positioning guidance systems. The stability, tracking performance and isocenter congruence of the positioning guidance systems have been fully validated for all clinical image guidance RT application, even SRS/SBRT, which requires the strictest tolerance. |
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| Bibliographie: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Reviewed by: Hyejoo Kang, Loyola University Chicago, United States; Gage Redler, Moffitt Cancer Center, United States These authors have contributed equally to this work This article was submitted to Radiation Oncology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Oncology Edited by: John C. Roeske, Loyola University Medical Center, United States |
| ISSN: | 2234-943X 2234-943X |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fonc.2021.683733 |