Institutional patient-specific IMRT QA does not predict unacceptable plan delivery

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1195-1201

  Kry, Stephen F ^a   Molineu, Andrea ^a   Kerns, James R ^a,b   Faught, Austin M ^a,b   Huang, Jessie Y ^a,b   Pulliam, Kiley B ^a,b   Tonigan, Jackie ^a,b   Alvarez, Paola ^a   Stingo, Francesco ^a,b   Followill, David S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

ANALYSIS METHOD; CLINICAL PROCESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; METHODS AND MATERIALS; PATIENT SPECIFIC; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RECEIVER OPERATOR CHARACTERISTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

PHANTOMS;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOLOGY PHANTOM; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ACCREDITATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; IMAGE QUALITY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS;

CREDENTIALING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84920000749     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.08.334     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. I.J. Das, C.W. Cheng, and K.L. Chopra Intensity-modulated radiation therapy dose prescription, recording, and delivery: patterns of variability among institutions and treatment planning systems J Natl Cancer Inst 100 2008 300 307
2. L.F. Peters, B. O'Sullivan, and J. Giralt Critical impact of radiotherapy protocol compliance and quality in the treatment of advanced head and neck cancer: results from TROG 02.02 J Clin Oncol 28 2010 2996 3001
3. J. Bekelman, J. Deye, and B. Vikram Redesigning radiotherapy quality assurance: opportunities to develop an efficient, evidence-based system to support clinical trials - report of the National Cancer Institute work group on radiotherapy quality assurance Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 83 2012 782 790
4. A. Molineu, D.S. Followill, and P. Balter Design and implementation of an anthropomorphic quality assurance phantom for intensity-modulated radiation therapy for the radiation therapy oncology group Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 63 2005 577 583
5. A. Molineu, N. Hernandez, and T. Nguyen Credentialing results from IMRT irradiations of an anthropomorphic head and neck phantom Med Phys 40 2013 022101
6. G.S. Ibbott, A. Molineu, and D.S. Followill Independent evaluations of IMRT through the use of an anthropomorphic phantom Technol Cancer Res Treat 5 2006 481 487
7. T. Kirby, W.F. Hanson, and D.A. Johnston Uncertainty analysis of absorbed dose calculations from thermoluminescence dosimeters Med Phys 19 1992 1427 1433
8. S.B. Scarboro, D.S. Followill, and R.M. Howell Variations in photon energy spectra of a 6 MV beam and their impact on TLD response Med Phys 38 2011 2619 2628
9. L. Dong, J. Antolak, and M. Salehpour Patient-specific point dose measurement for IMRT monitor unit verification Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 56 2003 867 877
10. P. Fenoglietto, B. Laliberte, and N. Ailleres Eight years of IMRT quality assurance with ionization chambers and film dosimetry experience of the Montpellier Comprehensive Cancer Center Radiat Oncol 6 2011 1 11
11. K. Pulliam, D.S. Followill, and L. Court A review of more than 13000 patient-specific IMRT QA results J Appl Clin Med Phys. 15 5 2014 196 206
12. J.J. Kruse On the insensitivity of single field planar dosimetry to IMRT inaccuracies Med Phys 37 2010 2516 2524
13. B.E. Nelms, H. Zhen, and W.A. Tome Per-beam, planar IMRT QA passing rates do not predict clinically relevant patient dose errors Med Phys 38 2011 1037 1044
14. B.E. Nelms, M.F. Chan, and G. Jarry Evaluating IMRT and VMAT dose accuracy: practical examples of failure to detect systematic errors when applying a commonly used metric and action levels Med Phys 40 2013 111722
15. P. Carrasco, N. Jornet, and A. Latorre 3D DVH-based metric analysis versus per-beam planar analysis in IMRT pretreatment verification Med Phys 39 2012 5040 5049
16. B.E. Nelms, and J.A. Simon A survey on planar IMRT QA analysis J Appl Clin Med Phys 8 2007 76 90