ReviewMedical physics2023
AAPM Task Group Report 307: Use of EPIDs for Patient-Specific IMRT and VMAT QA.
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- Implementation of VMAT-based lattice spatially fractionated radiation therapy (SFRT) across linac platforms: Practical considerations for QA and motion management.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- To measure or not to measure: Is pre-treatment measurement of all IMRT plans a legacy practice?Medical physics · 2026Article
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- Explainable machine learning for patient-specific quality assurance in intensity-modulated radiotherapy based on anatomical structures.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Comparative evaluation of feature-based and intensity-based algorithms for dosimetric registration in radiotherapy quality assurance using electronic portal imaging devices.Radiological physics and technology · 2026Article
- Improving patient treatment accuracy using transit dosimetry with Electronic Portal Imaging Device images and deep learning.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2026Article
- A component-wise commissioning and validation framework for non-transit electronic portal imaging device patient-specific quality assurance.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2026Article
- A survey of practice patterns for patient-specific quality assurance on behalf of the ESTRO dosimetry & quality assurance focus group.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2026Article
- In-vivo dosimetry using electronic portal imaging in online-adaptive radiotherapy for rectal cancer.Physics and imaging in radiation oncology · 2026Article
- Quantitative evaluation of the effect of anatomical changes on the results of in vivo dosimetry during radiation therapy in the thoracic region.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Implementation of deep learning with convolutional block attention module for detecting collimator rotation errors in stereotactic radiosurgery quality assurance.Radiological physics and technology · 2026Article
- Efficacy and clinical use of novel high-resolution EPID-based 2D and 3D automated patient-specific quality assurance for SRS and SBRT patients.Radiation and environmental biophysics · 2026Article
- Knowledge based automated planning for non-coplanar VMAT stereotactic radiosurgery in ocular malignancies.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Evaluation of Dose Distribution at the Level of Electronic Portal Imaging Device using Treatment Planning System.Journal of biomedical physics & engineering · 2026Article
- An optimized VMAT planning technique for hippocampal-sparing whole-brain radiotherapy.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Impact of off-center diagonal profile depth pairing on gamma pass rates in portal dosimetry.Journal of radiation research · 2026Article
- Patient-specific quality assurance for extremely small field sizes using 3D in vivo dosimetry in fractionated stereotactic radiosurgery for brain metastases.Journal of applied clinical medical physics · 2026Article
- Analysis of IMRT patient specific quality assurance using EPID measurement data from the Halcyon linear accelerator.PloS one · 2026Article
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Abstract
purposeElectronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) have been widely utilized for patient-specific quality assurance (PSQA) and their use for transit dosimetry applications is emerging. Yet there are no specific guidelines on the potential uses, limitations, and correct utilization of EPIDs for these purposes. The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Task Group 307 (TG-307) provides a comprehensive review of the physics, modeling, algorithms and clinical experience with EPID-based pre-treatment and transit dosimetry techniques. This review also includes the limitations and challenges in the clinical implementation of EPIDs, including recommendations for commissioning, calibration and validation, routine QA, tolerance levels for gamma analysis and risk-based analysis.
methodsCharacteristics of the currently available EPID systems and EPID-based PSQA techniques are reviewed. The details of the physics, modeling, and algorithms for both pre-treatment and transit dosimetry methods are discussed, including clinical experience with different EPID dosimetry systems. Commissioning, calibration, and validation, tolerance levels and recommended tests, are reviewed, and analyzed. Risk-based analysis for EPID dosimetry is also addressed.
resultsClinical experience, commissioning methods and tolerances for EPID-based PSQA system are described for pre-treatment and transit dosimetry applications. The sensitivity, specificity, and clinical results for EPID dosimetry techniques are presented as well as examples of patient-related and machine-related error detection by these dosimetry solutions. Limitations and challenges in clinical implementation of EPIDs for dosimetric purposes are discussed and acceptance and rejection criteria are outlined. Potential causes of and evaluations of pre-treatment and transit dosimetry failures are discussed. Guidelines and recommendations developed in this report are based on the extensive published data on EPID QA along with the clinical experience of the TG-307 members.
conclusionTG-307 focused on the commercially available EPID-based dosimetric tools and provides guidance for medical physicists in the clinical implementation of EPID-based patient-specific pre-treatment and transit dosimetry QA solutions including intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatments.
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