Winston-Lutz Test and Acquisition of Flexmap Using Rotational Irradiation

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  • 回転照射法を用いたWinston-Lutz テストおよび幾何学的補正テーブルの取得
  • カイテン ショウシャホウ オ モチイタ Winston-Lutz テスト オヨビ キカガクテキ ホセイ テーブル ノ シュトク

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Purpose: IGRT (image guided radiation therapy) is a useful technique for implementing precisely targeted radiation therapy. Quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) medical linear accelerators with a portal imaging system (electronic portal imaging device: EPID) are the key to ensuring safe IGRT. The Winston-Lutz test (WLT) provides an evaluation of the MV isocenter, which is the intersection of radiation, collimator, and couch isocenters. A flexmap can indicate a displacement of EPID from the beam center axis as a function of gantry angles which can be removed from the images. The purpose of this study was to establish a novel method for simultaneously carrying out WLT and acquiring a flexmap using rotational irradiation. We also observed long-term changes in flexmaps over a period of five months. Method: We employed rotational irradiation with a rectangular field (30×30 mm). First, the displacement of EPID from the beam center axis, indicated by the ball bearing (BB) center, was evaluated using an in-house program. The location of the BB center was then modified according to WLT. Second, a second irradiation was used to acquire a flexmap. We performed this examination regularly and evaluated long-term changes in the flexmap. Results and discussion: It proved feasible to perform WLT and flexmap measurements using our proposed methods. The precision of WLT using rotational irradiation was 0.1 mm. In flexmap analysis, the maximum displacement from the mean value for each angle was 0.4 mm over five months. Conclusion: We have successfully established a novel method of simultaneously carrying out WLT and flexmap acquisition using rotational irradiation. Maximum displacement from the mean in each angle was 0.4 mm over five months.

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