title: [Quality assurance of respiratory-gated stereotactic body radiation therapy in lung using real-time position management system].
abstract: In this study, we investigated comprehensive quality assurance (QA) for respiratory-gated stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) in the lungs using a real-time position management system (RPM). By using the phantom study, we evaluated dose liberality and reproducibility, and dose distributions for low monitor unite (MU), and also checked the absorbed dose at isocenter and dose profiles for the respiratory-gated exposure using RPM. Furthermore, we evaluated isocenter dose and dose distributions for respiratory-gated SBRT plans in the lungs using RPM. The maximum errors for the dose liberality were 4% for 2 MU, 1% for 4-10 MU, and 0.5% for 15 MU and 20 MU. The dose reproducibility was 2% for 1 MU and within 0.1% for 5 MU or greater. The accuracy for dose distributions was within 2% for 2 MU or greater. The dose error along a central axis for respiratory cycles of 2, 4, and 6 sec was within 1%. As for geometric accuracy, 90% and 50% isodose areas for the respiratory-gated exposure became almost 1 mm and 2 mm larger than without gating, respectively. For clinical lung-SBRT plans, the point dose at isocenter agreed within 2.1% with treatment planning system (TPS). And the pass rates of all plans for TPS were more than 96% in the gamma analysis (3 mm/3%). The geometrical accuracy and the dose accuracy of TPS calculation algorithm are more important for the dose evaluation at penumbra region for respiratory-gated SBRT in lung using RPM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Technology, Kumamoto University Hospital, and Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kumamoto University.
authors.forename: Yuji
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakaguchi
authors.forename: Fujio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Araki
authors.forename: Tomohiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kouno
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maruyama
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011786:Quality Control; D016634:Radiosurgery / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D061106:Radiotherapy Setup Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity