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ArticleJournal of Yeungnam medical science2022

Clinical performance of FractionLab in patient-specific quality assurance for intensity-modulated radiotherapy: a retrospective study.

Se An Oh, Sung Yeop Kim, Jaehyeon Park, Jae Won Park, Ji Woon Yea

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Article in Journal of Yeungnam medical science, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Se An OhDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Sung Yeop KimDepartment of Physics, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Korea.
Jaehyeon ParkDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Jae Won ParkDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Ji Woon YeaDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Daegu, Korea.
Yeungnam University CollegeYeungnam University · KR

Funding

Ministry of Science and ICTNational Research Foundation of Korea 2021R1G1A1003209
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgruoundThis study was aimed at comparing and analyzing the results of FractionLab (Varian/Mobius Medical System) with those of portal dosimetry that uses an electronic portal imaging device. Portal dosimetry is extensively used for patient-specific quality assurance (QA) in intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT).

methodsThe study includes 29 patients who underwent IMRT on a Novalis-Tx linear accelerator (Varian Medical System and BrainLAB) between June 2019 and March 2021. We analyzed the multileaf collimator (MLC) DynaLog files generated after portal dosimetry to evaluate the same condition using FractionLab. The results of the recently launched FractionLab at various gamma indices (0.1%/0.1 mm-1%/1 mm) are analyzed and compared with those of portal dosimetry (3%/3 mm).

resultsThe average gamma passing rates of portal dosimetry (3%/3 mm) and FractionLab are 98.1 (95.5%-100%) and 97.5% (92.3%-99.7%) at 0.6%/0.6 mm, respectively. The results of portal dosimetry (3%/3 mm) are statistically comparable with the QA results of FractionLab (0.6%/0.6 mm-0.9%/0.9 mm).

conclusionThis paper presents the clinical performance of FractionLab by the comparison of the QA results of FractionLab using portal dosimetry with various gamma indexes when performing patient-specific QA in IMRT treatment. Further, the appropriate gamma index when performing patient-specific QA with FractionLab is provided.

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Electronic portal imaging deviceFractionLabGamma passing rateIntensity-modulated radiotherapyPatient-specific quality assurance

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PMID34496467
PMCPMC8913919
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