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ArticleJuntendo Iji zasshi = Juntendo medical journal2022

Development and Evaluation of Jaw Position Detection Method in Jaw-tracking Delivery Using an Electronic Portal Imaging Device Cine Mode.

Toru Kawabata, Satoru Sugimoto, Chie Kurokawa, Keisuke Usui, Tatsuya Inoue, Hironori Nagata, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Keisuke Sasai

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Article in Juntendo Iji zasshi = Juntendo medical journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Toru Kawabata
Satoru Sugimoto
Chie Kurokawa
Keisuke Usui
Tatsuya Inoue
Hironori Nagata
Hiroyuki Watanabe
Keisuke Sasai

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Objectives: To develop a method for detecting jaw positions during jaw-tracking delivery to ensure an accurate delivery of radiation to patients using an electronic portal imaging device (EPID) in the cine mode on a linear accelerator for radiotherapy. Materials: A bidirectional picket fence (BPF) plan was used in a novel application to detect jaw positions during jaw-tracking delivery. In the BPF plan, jaws tracked multileaf collimator (MLC) apertures. The irradiated patterns were acquired by an EPID in the cine mode. Methods: The upper- and lower-half leaves in the MLC moved in opposite directions to facilitate detection of jaw positions on EPID images. A picket-fence-like image was created by summing all acquired cine images and evaluated to detect MLC leaf positions. Results: Jaw positions determined on the cine images were compared with those expected from the delivered BPF plan. The absolute differences (average ± 1 standard deviation) were 0.16 ± 0.19 mm for the X1 jaw and 0.11 ± 0.16 mm for the X2 jaw. The maximum error in the MLC leaf positions detected in the picket-fence-like pattern were 0.11 mm. Conclusions: Jaw positions during jaw-tracking delivery were identified using the cine EPID images and could be determined within an accuracy better than 0.5 mm. The BPF plan is also available as a picket fence test and can determine the MLC leaf positions to an accuracy better than 0.5 mm.

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jaw-tracking techniquemultileaf collimatorquality assuranceradiotherapy

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PMID39081382
PMCPMC11284286

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