title: Comparison of Dosimetric Performance among Commercial Quality Assurance Systems for Verifying Pretreatment Plans of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Using Flattening-Filter-Free Beams.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to compare the performance of different commercial quality assurance (QA) systems for the pretreatment verification plan of stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) with volumetric arc therapy (VMAT) technique using a flattening-filter-free beam. The verification for 20 pretreatment cancer patients (seven lung, six spine, and seven prostate cancers) were tested using three QA systems (EBT3 film, I'mRT MatriXX array, and MapCHECK). All the SBRT-VMAT plans were optimized in the Eclipse (version 11.0.34) treatment planning system (TPS) using the Acuros XB dose calculation algorithm and were delivered to the Varian TrueBeam® accelerator equipped with a high-definition multileaf collimator. Gamma agreement evaluation was analyzed with the criteria of 2% dose difference and 2 mm distance to agreement (2%/2 mm) or 3%/3 mm. The highest passing rate (99.1% for 3%/3 mm) was observed on the MapCHECK system while the lowest passing rate was obtained on the film. The pretreatment verification results depend on the QA systems, treatment sites, and delivery beam energies. However, the delivery QA results for all QA systems based on the TPS calculation showed a good agreement of more than 90% for both the criteria. It is concluded that the three 2D QA systems have sufficient potential for pretreatment verification of the SBRT-VMAT plan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
authors.forename: Jin Beom
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2668-3906
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Chung
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.|Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Won
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6376-7757
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Kang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
authors.forename: Keun Yong
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-1133
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Eom
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
authors.forename: Changhoon
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0714-8775
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, SAM Anyang Hospital, Anyang, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyoung Sik
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6247-4314
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.|Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. suhsanta@catholic.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Tae Suk
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3057-1627
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Suh
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D011785:Quality Assurance, Health Care; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D016634:Radiosurgery; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D012189:Retrospective Studies
keywords: Delivery Quality Assurance; Pretreatment Verification; Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy