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ArticleJournal of medical physics

Simple Electronic Portal Imager-Based Pretreatment Quality Assurance using Acuros XB: A Feasibility Study.

Arjunan Manikandan, Sureka Chandra Sekaran, Biplab Sarkar, Sujatha Manikandan

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Article in Journal of medical physics. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Arjunan ManikandanDepartment of Medical Physics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sureka Chandra SekaranDepartment of Medical Physics, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Biplab SarkarDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Fortis Memorial Research Institute, Gurgaon, India.
Sujatha ManikandanDepartment of Radiotherapy, Government General Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Bharathiar University · INFortis Memorial Research Institute · INGovernment General Hospital · IN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study demonstrates a novel electronic portal imaging device (EPID)-based forward dosimetry approach for pretreatment quality assurance aided by a treatment planning system (TPS). MATERIALS AND

methodsDynamic multileaf collimator intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) plans were delivered in EPID and fluence was captured on a beam-by-beam basis (F

resultsThe 2D heterogeneity-corrected dose reconstruction revealed a mean γ passing of the pelvis, thorax, and head-and-neck cases of 96.3% ±2.0%, 96.3% ±1.8%, and 96.1% ±2.2%, respectively. Quasi-3D γ passing for the pelvis, thorax, and head-and-neck cases were 97.5% ±1.4%, 96.3% ±2.4%, and 97.5% ±1.0%, respectively.

conclusionEPID dosimetry produced an inferior result due to no heterogeneity corrections for sites such as the lung and esophagus. Incorporating TPS-based heterogeneity correction improved the EPID dosimetry result for those sites with large heterogeneity.

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Electronic portal imaging deviceportal dosimetrypretreatment quality assurance

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PMID31908381
PMCPMC6936198
OpenAlexW2996531416

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