Application and challenges of statistical process control in radiation therapy quality assurance

Q **ao, G Li - International Journal of Radiation Oncology* Biology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Quality assurance (QA) is important for ensuring precision in radiation therapy. The
complexity and resource-intensive nature of QA has increased with the continual evolution …

Moving towards process-based radiotherapy quality assurance using statistical process control

V Raveendran, PT Anjana, S Bhasi, CP Ranjith… - Physica Medica, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Monitoring Radiotherapy Quality Assurance (QA) using Statistical Process Control
(SPC) methods has gained wide acceptance. The significance of understanding the SPC …

Investigating a correlation between MLC positional errors and IMRT QA passing rate

AE Yousif, MH Abdelgawad, AA Eldib… - Radiation Physics and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Patient-specific quality assurance (QA) using measurement-based techniques has been the
standard method used in many institutions as an essential step to ensure the accuracy of the …

[HTML][HTML] Guaranteed performance of individual control chart used in gamma passing rate-based patient-specific quality assurance

G Li, Q **ao, G Dai, Q Wang, L Bai, X Zhang, X Zhang… - Physica medica, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose To assess the effect of sampling variability on the performance of individual charts
(I-charts) for PSQA and provide a robust and reliable method for unknown PSQA processes …

Clinical implementation of a log file-based machine and patient QA system for IMRT and VMAT treatment plans

V Silvestri, D Raspanti, MG Guerrisi, MD Falco - Physica Medica, 2023 - Elsevier
Purpose To determine the error detection sensitivity of a commercial log file-based system
(LINACWatch®, LW) for integration into clinical routine and to compare it with a …

Clinical association between plan complexity and the local-recurrence-free-survival of non-small-cell lung cancer patients receiving stereotactic body radiation therapy

C Li, S Yu, J Shen, B Liang, X Fu, L Hua, H Hu, P Jiang… - Physica Medica, 2024 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate the clinical impact of plan complexity on the local recurrence-free
survival (LRFS) of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with stereotactic …

Three-dimensional Patient-specific Quality Assurance Using Beam Delivery Log Data for Pencil Beam Scanning Carbon-ion Radiotherapy

M Takashina, M Yagi, Y Noguchi, T Nakaji, N Hamatani… - in vivo, 2024 - iv.iiarjournals.org
Background/Aim: In the pencil beam scanning carbon-ion radiotherapy, spot positions are
arranged in three dimensions throughout the entire target region. Therefore, dose deviations …

[HTML][HTML] Dosimetric Systems in Pre-Treatment QA for Stereotactic Treatments: Correlation Agreements and Target Volume Dependency

S Muthu, G Mudhana - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Aim: This study comprehensively investigated pre-treatment quality assurance (QA) for 100
cancer patients undergoing stereotactic treatments (SRS/SRT) using various detectors …

2D IMRT QA passing rate dependency on coronal plane

JV Panetta, I Veltchev, RA Price, CMC Ma - Physica Medica, 2023 - Elsevier
Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) delivery involves a complex series of beam
angles and multileaf collimator (MLC) arrangements, requiring quality assurance to be …

Utilizing Statistical Process Control Analysis for Calculation-Based Patient-Specific Quality Assurance in Online Adaptive Radiotherapy

T Mundee, C Khamfongkhruea - 2023 15th Biomedical …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study utilized statistical process control analysis to determine the gamma passing rate
limits in calculation-based patient-specific quality assurance (PSQA) using Mobius3D. A …