A system for EPID-based real-time treatment delivery verification during dynamic IMRT treatment

Journal Article · Sun Sep 15 04:00:00 EDT 2013 · Medical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1118/1.4817484· OSTI ID:22220442

Fuangrod, Todsaporn ^[1]; Woodruff, Henry C.; O’Connor, Daryl J. ^[2]; Uytven, Eric van; McCurdy, Boyd M. C. ^[3]; Kuncic, Zdenka ^[4]; Greer, Peter B. ^[5]

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1. Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, the University of Newcastle, NSW 2308 (Australia)
2. Faculty of Science and IT, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, the University of Newcastle, NSW 2308 (Australia)
3. Division of Medical Physics, CancerCare Manitoba, 675 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3E 0V9 (Canada)
4. School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006 (Australia)
5. Faculty of Science and IT, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, the University of Newcastle, NSW 2308, Australia and Department of Radiation Oncology, Calvary Mater Newcastle Hospital, Locked Bag 7, Hunter region Mail Centre, Newcastle, NSW 2310 (Australia)

Purpose: To design and develop a real-time electronic portal imaging device (EPID)-based delivery verification system for dynamic intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) which enables detection of gross treatment delivery errors before delivery of substantial radiation to the patient.Methods: The system utilizes a comprehensive physics-based model to generate a series of predicted transit EPID image frames as a reference dataset and compares these to measured EPID frames acquired during treatment. The two datasets are using MLC aperture comparison and cumulative signal checking techniques. The system operation in real-time was simulated offline using previously acquired images for 19 IMRT patient deliveries with both frame-by-frame comparison and cumulative frame comparison. Simulated error case studies were used to demonstrate the system sensitivity and performance.Results: The accuracy of the synchronization method was shown to agree within two control points which corresponds to approximately ∼1% of the total MU to be delivered for dynamic IMRT. The system achieved mean real-time gamma results for frame-by-frame analysis of 86.6% and 89.0% for 3%, 3 mm and 4%, 4 mm criteria, respectively, and 97.9% and 98.6% for cumulative gamma analysis. The system can detect a 10% MU error using 3%, 3 mm criteria within approximately 10 s. The EPID-based real-time delivery verification system successfully detected simulated gross errors introduced into patient plan deliveries in near real-time (within 0.1 s).Conclusions: A real-time radiation delivery verification system for dynamic IMRT has been demonstrated that is designed to prevent major mistreatments in modern radiation therapy.

• OSTI ID: 22220442
• Journal Information: Medical Physics, Journal Name: Medical Physics Journal Issue: 9 Vol. 40; ISSN 0094-2405; ISSN MPHYA6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

61 RADIATION PROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
ACCURACY
DATA ACQUISITION
DATASETS
DOSIMETRY
ERRORS
IMAGE PROCESSING
IMAGES
PATIENTS
RADIOTHERAPY
SENSITIVITY
SIMULATION
SYNCHRONIZATION
VERIFICATION