AAPM Task Group Report 307: use of EPIDs for patient‐specific IMRT and VMAT QA

N Dogan, BJ Mijnheer, K Padgett… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) have been widely utilized for patient‐
specific quality assurance (PSQA) and their use for transit dosimetry applications is …

Use of electronic portal imaging devices for pre-treatment and in vivo dosimetry patient-specific IMRT and VMAT QA: report of AAPM task group 307

N Dogan, BJ Mijnheer, K Padgett… - Medical …, 2023 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose: Electronic Portal Imaging Devices (EPIDs) have been widely utilized for Patient-
Specific QA (PSQA) and their use for transit dosimetry applications is emerging. Yet there …

Error detection during VMAT delivery using EPID-based 3D transit dosimetry

B Mijnheer, A Jomehzadeh, P González… - Physica Medica, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose To investigate the effectiveness of an EPID-based 3D transit dosimetry system in
detecting deliberately introduced errors during VMAT delivery. Methods An Alderson …

A synthesized gamma distribution‐based patient‐specific VMAT QA using a generative adversarial network

T Matsuura, D Kawahara, A Saito, K Yamada… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Artificial intelligence (AI)‐based gamma passing rate (GPR) prediction has
been proposed as a time‐efficient virtual patient‐specific QA method for the delivery of …

Transit and non‐transit 3D EPID dosimetry versus detector arrays for patient specific QA

I Olaciregui‐Ruiz, B Vivas‐Maiques… - Journal of Applied …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Despite their availability and simplicity of use, Electronic Portal Imaging Devices
(EPID s) have not yet replaced detector arrays for patient specific QA in 3D. The purpose of …

Comparison of two different EPID-based solutions performing pretreatment quality assurance: 2D portal dosimetry versus 3D forward projection method

S Bresciani, M Poli, A Miranti, A Maggio, A Di Dia… - Physica Medica, 2018 - Elsevier
Purpose The aim of this paper is to characterize two different EPID-based solutions for pre-
treatment VMAT quality assurance, the 2D portal dosimetry and the 3D projection technique …

The effect of the choice of patient model on the performance of in vivo 3D EPID dosimetry to detect variations in patient position and anatomy

I Olaciregui‐Ruiz, R Rozendaal, S van Kranen… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose In vivo EPID dosimetry is meant to trigger on relevant differences between
delivered and planned dose distributions and should therefore be sensitive to changes in …

Site‐specific alert criteria to detect patient‐related errors with 3D EPID transit dosimetry

I Olaciregui‐Ruiz, R Rozendaal, B Mijnheer… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To assess the sensitivity of various EPID dosimetry alert indicators to patient‐
related variations and to determine alert threshold values that ensure excellent error …

[HTML][HTML] Novel methodologies for dosimetry audits: Adapting to advanced radiotherapy techniques

M Pasler, V Hernandez, N Jornet, CH Clark - Physics and Imaging in …, 2018 - Elsevier
With new radiotherapy techniques, treatment delivery is becoming more complex and
accordingly, these treatment techniques require dosimetry audits to test advanced aspects of …

A novel approach to EPID-based 3D volumetric dosimetry for IMRT and VMAT QA

A Alhazmi, C Gianoli, S Neppl, J Martins… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT)
are relatively complex treatment delivery techniques and require quality assurance (QA) …