机构地区：[1]Department of Radiation Oncology, Cone Health Cancer Center, North Carolina, USA
出 处：《International Journal of Medical Physics, Clinical Engineering and Radiation Oncology》2021年第4期149-168,共20页医学物理学、临床工程、放射肿瘤学（英文）
摘 要：<span><span><b><span style="font-family:"">Purpose:</span></b></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> Linac quality assurance (QA) can be time consuming involving set up, execution, analysis and subject to user variability. The purpose of this study i</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:"">s to develop qualitative automation tools for mechanical and imaging QA to improve efficiency, consistency, and accuracy. <b>Methods and Materials: </b>Traditionally QA ha</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:"">s</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> been performed with graph paper, film, and multiple phantoms. Analysis consists of ruler and vendor provided software. We have developed a single four-phantom<b> </b>method for QA procedures including light-radiation coincidence, imaging quality, table motion and Isocentricity an</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:"">d separately cone beam computed tomography. XML scripts were developed to execute a series of tasks using Varian’s Truebeam Developer Mode. Non-phantom QA procedures have also been developed including field size, dose rate, MLC position, MLC and gantry speed, star shot, Winston-Lutz and Half Beam Block. All analysis is performed using inhouse MATLAB codes. <b>Results: </b>Overall time savings were 2.2 hours per Linac per month. Consistency improvements (standard deviation, STD) were observed for some tests. For example: field size improved from 0.11</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:"">mm to 0.04</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:"">mm and table motion improved from 0.17</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span></span><span><span><span><sp<span><span><b><span style="font-family:"">Purpose:</span></b></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> Linac quality assurance (QA) can be time consuming involving set up, execution, analysis and subject to user variability. The purpose of this study i</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:"">s to develop qualitative automation tools for mechanical and imaging QA to improve efficiency, consistency, and accuracy. <b>Methods and Materials: </b>Traditionally QA ha</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:"">s</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> been performed with graph paper, film, and multiple phantoms. Analysis consists of ruler and vendor provided software. We have developed a single four-phantom<b> </b>method for QA procedures including light-radiation coincidence, imaging quality, table motion and Isocentricity an</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:"">d separately cone beam computed tomography. XML scripts were developed to execute a series of tasks using Varian’s Truebeam Developer Mode. Non-phantom QA procedures have also been developed including field size, dose rate, MLC position, MLC and gantry speed, star shot, Winston-Lutz and Half Beam Block. All analysis is performed using inhouse MATLAB codes. <b>Results: </b>Overall time savings were 2.2 hours per Linac per month. Consistency improvements (standard deviation, STD) were observed for some tests. For example: field size improved from 0.11</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:"">mm to 0.04</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:"">mm and table motion improved from 0.17</span></span></span></span><span><span><span><span style="font-family:""> </span></span></span></span><span><span><span><sp
关 键 词：Varian Developer Mode SCRIPTING Automation
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