Mathieu Gaudreault , Alex Burton , Vanessa Panettieri , Nicholas Hardcastle
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The patients were selected to cover a broad range of modulated delivery techniques and plan complexity, quantified with the average leaf pair opening (ALPO). The dose distributions were compared with gamma passing rates (γPR). Moreover, the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) between accumulated and reference dose metrics (planning target volume (PTV) D99% / D95% in stereotactic / non-stereotactic treatment, organs at risk (OAR) D5cc / D0.03 cc, and mean dose) was calculated. Dose accumulation was validated by point dose measurement.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The ALPO ranged from 11.6 mm to 77 mm. The accumulated and reference dose distributions were similar (<span><math><msubsup><mrow><mi>γ</mi><mi>P</mi><mi>R</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn><mi>m</mi><mi>m</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn><mo>%</mo></mrow></msubsup></math></span> > 90 % in all patients). The MAPE between reference and accumulated dose metrics was lower than 1 % in all cases. 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The BeamSplitter – An algorithm providing the dose per control point of radiation therapy treatment plans
Purpose
Commercial radiation therapy treatment planning systems (TPS) provide the three-dimensional time-integrated planned dose distribution. A four-dimensional (4D) dose calculation is essential to minimise dose-rate effects on pacemaker or in total body irradiation treatment or for time-dependent patient-specific quality assurance. We introduce the BeamSplitter, an algorithm in a commercial TPS generating 4D dose calculation.
Methods
Automation was performed with the Eclipse Scripting Application Programming Interface (ESAPI, v16, Varian Medical System). The accumulated and reference dose distributions of twenty-one patients treated in 2022 at our institution were compared. The patients were selected to cover a broad range of modulated delivery techniques and plan complexity, quantified with the average leaf pair opening (ALPO). The dose distributions were compared with gamma passing rates (γPR). Moreover, the mean absolute percentage error (MAPE) between accumulated and reference dose metrics (planning target volume (PTV) D99% / D95% in stereotactic / non-stereotactic treatment, organs at risk (OAR) D5cc / D0.03 cc, and mean dose) was calculated. Dose accumulation was validated by point dose measurement.
Results
The ALPO ranged from 11.6 mm to 77 mm. The accumulated and reference dose distributions were similar ( > 90 % in all patients). The MAPE between reference and accumulated dose metrics was lower than 1 % in all cases. The average dose difference through time between the accumulated and measured dose was lower than our clinical tolerance of 3 %.
Conclusions
The BeamSplitter is the first validated algorithm generating a 4D dose calculation of radiation therapy treatment plans within a commercial TPS.
期刊介绍:
Physica Medica, European Journal of Medical Physics, publishing with Elsevier from 2007, provides an international forum for research and reviews on the following main topics:
Medical Imaging
Radiation Therapy
Radiation Protection
Measuring Systems and Signal Processing
Education and training in Medical Physics
Professional issues in Medical Physics.