Varatharaj C, Moretti Eugenia, Ravikumar M, Malisan Maria Rosa, Supe Sanjay S, Padovani Renato
Department of Medical Physics, University Hospital, Udine - 33100, India.
J Med Phys. 2010 Oct;35(4):189-96. doi: 10.4103/0971-6203.71758.
Electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) are extensively used for obtaining dosimetric information of pre-treatment field verification and in-vivo dosimetry for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). In the present study, we have implemented the newly developed portal dosimetry software using independent dose prediction algorithm EPIDose(™) and evaluated this new tool for the pre-treatment IMRT plan quality assurance of Whole Pelvis with Simultaneous Integrated Boost (WP-SIB-IMRT) of prostate cases by comparing with routine two-dimensional (2D) array detector system (MapCHECK(™)). We have investigated 104 split fields using γ -distributions in terms of predefined γ frequency parameters. The mean γ values are found to be 0.42 (SD: 0.06) and 0.44 (SD: 0.06) for the EPIDose and MapCHECK(™), respectively. The average γ∆ for EPIDose and MapCHECK(™) are found as 0.51 (SD: 0.06) and 0.53 (SD: 0.07), respectively. Furthermore, the percentage of points with γ < 1, γ < 1.5, and γ > 2 are 97.4%, 99.3%, and 0.56%, respectively for EPIDose and 96.4%, 99.0% and 0.62% for MapCHECK(™). Based on our results obtained with EPIDose and strong agreement with MapCHECK(™), we may conclude that the EPIDose portal dosimetry system has been successfully implemented and validated with our routine 2D array detector.
电子射野影像装置(EPID)被广泛用于获取调强放疗(IMRT)预处理射野验证和体内剂量测定的剂量学信息。在本研究中,我们使用独立剂量预测算法EPIDose(™)实现了新开发的射野剂量测定软件,并通过与常规二维(2D)阵列探测器系统(MapCHECK(™))比较,评估了该新工具用于前列腺癌病例全盆腔同步整合加量调强放疗(WP-SIB-IMRT)预处理IMRT计划质量保证的效果。我们根据预定义的γ频率参数,使用γ分布研究了104个分割野。发现EPIDose和MapCHECK(™)的平均γ值分别为0.42(标准差:0.06)和0.44(标准差:0.06)。EPIDose和MapCHECK(™)的平均γ∆分别为0.51(标准差:0.06)和0.53(标准差:0.07)。此外,对于EPIDose,γ<1、γ<1.5和γ>2的点的百分比分别为97.4%、99.3%和0.56%,对于MapCHECK(™)分别为96.4%、99.0%和0.62%。基于我们使用EPIDose获得的结果以及与MapCHECK(™)的高度一致性,我们可以得出结论,EPIDose射野剂量测定系统已成功实施并通过我们的常规2D阵列探测器进行了验证。