Treatment Plan Delivery Accuracy of the ViewRay System in Two-Headed Mode
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[en] The aim of this study is to investigate the delivery accuracy of intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) plans in the two-headed mode of the ViewRayTM system in comparison with that of the normal operation treatment plan of the machine. For this study, a total of eight IMRT plans and corresponding verification plans were generated (four head and neck, two liver, and two prostate IMRT plans). The delivered dose distributions were measured using ArcCHECKTM with the insertion of an ionization chamber. We measured the delivered dose distributions in three-headed mode (normal operation of the machine), two-headed mode with head 1 disabled, two-headed mode with head 2 disabled, and two-headed mode with head 3 disabled. Therefore, a total of four measurements were performed for each IMRT plan. The global gamma passing rates (3%/3 mm) in three-headed mode, head 1 disabled, head 2 disabled, and head 3 disabled were 99.9±0.1%, 99.8±0.3%, 99.6±0.7%, and 99.7±0.4%, respectively. The difference in the gamma passing rates of the three- and two-headed modes was insignificant. With 2%/2 mm, the rates were 96.6±3.6%, 97.2±3.5%, 95.7±6.2%, and 95.5±4.3%, respectively. Between three-headed mode and head 3 disabled, a statistically significant difference was observed with a p-value of 0.02; however, the difference was minimal (1.1%). The chamber readings showed differences of approximately 1% between three- and two-headed modes, which were minimal. Therefore, the treatment plan delivery in the two-headed mode of the ViewRayTM system seems accurate and robust.
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Progress in Medical Physics; ISSN 2508-4445; ; v. 27(3); p. 169-174
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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, COBALT ISOTOPES, DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, DOSES, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, MAGNETIC RESONANCE, MEDICINE, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, NUCLEAR MEDICINE, NUCLEI, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, RADIOISOTOPES, RADIOLOGY, RADIOTHERAPY, RESONANCE, THERAPY, TOMOGRAPHY, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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