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IMRT/VMAT: AAPM Recommendations for
Commissioning and Delivery Verification
Emilie Soisson, Ph.D.ICTP 2019
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Learning Objectives
• To understand IMRT/VMAT commissioning and QA
• To be able to describe available measurement tools and analysis technique
• To be able to describe the limitations of each technique and future directions
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Commissioning
• IMRT and VMAT can be available usually with minor hardware and software upgrades
• Validation can be challenging
• Commissioning is require for both planning and delivery to make sure planned doses can be delivered accurately
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IMRT/VMAT – MLC tests
• Additional MLC tests may be requiredDosimetry
– Leaf gap
– Transmission
Mechanical
– Speed
– PositioningChui CS, Spirou S, LoSasso T. Testing of dynamic multileaf collimation. Med Phys. 1996;23:635-641
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MLC Characteristics
From Deng et al. The MLC tongue-and-groove effect on IMRT dose distributions. Phys. Med. Biol. 46 (2001) 1039–1060
From Shende et al. Reports of Practical Oncology & RadiotherapyVolume 22, Issue 6, November–December 2017, Pages 485-494
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Inter- and Intra-leaf Leakage
LoSasso T, Chui CS, Ling CC. Physical and dosimetric aspects of a multileafcollimation system used in the dynamic mode for implementing intensity-modulated radiotherapy. Med Phys. 1998;25:1919-1927
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Ling et al. International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics
Volume 72, Issue 2, Pages 575-581 (October 2008)
Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Image of a film that was exposed twice to the 1-mm-wide picket fence pattern, once at stationary gantry angle and a second time in RapidArc mode.
Accuracy of MLC During RapidArc
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Fig. 4
Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
A film exposed to the 1-mm-wide picket fence pattern with “intentional” errors in fence width and position.
Intentional Leaf Positioning Errors
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Fig. 5
International Journal of Radiation Oncology • Biology • Physics 2008 72, 575-581DOI: (10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.05.060) Copyright © 2008 Elsevier Inc. Terms and Conditions
Film exposed to a RapidArc QA plan, combining different dose-rates, gantry ranges, and gantry speeds, to give the same monitor unit (MU) to the different parts of the field.
Ability to vary Dose Rate and Gantry Speed
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MLC Tests for VMAT
https://radimage.com/solutions/mlc-qa/
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RecommendedMonthly
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IMRT/VMAT Commissioning - TPS• AAPM MPPG 5a recommends the following
tests
• VMAT, Segmental IMRT, and Dynamic IMRT need to be validated separately
Test Description
1 Verify small field PDD <2x2cm2, MLC shaped
2 Output for small MLC defined field
Small MLC defined segments
3 AAPM TG-119 tests Plan, measure and compare benchmark cases
4 Clinical tests Plan, measure and compare representative clinical cases
5 External Review Sim, plan, and treat anthropomorphic phantom
From AAPM MPPG 5a. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, Vol. 16, No. 5, 2015
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MPPG 5A Additional Resources
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Other IMRT/VMAT Commissioning
• Ezzel GA, Galvin JM, Low D et al. Guidance document on delivery, treatment planning, and clinical implementation of IMRT: report of the IMRT subcommittee of the AAPM radiation therapy committee. Med Phys. 2003; 30:2089-2115.
• Ling et al. Commissioning and quality assurance of rapidarcdelivery system. IJROBP.2008 Oct 1;72(2):575-81 (Varian)
• Beford et al. Commissioning of Voumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT). IJROBP. 2009;73:537-545. (Elekta)
• ESTRO Booklet 9• AAPM MPPG 5A• AAPM TG119, 120, 218• Read the manual!
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AAPM Recommendations:Report of Task Group 120
Med. Phys. 38(3). March 2011.
“This report provides acomprehensive overview of how dosimeters, phantoms, and dose distribution analysis techniquesshould be used to support the commissioning and quality assurance requirements of an IMRTProgram.”
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Phantoms
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AAPM Recommendations: Point Dose
• Absolute dose– Calibrated cylindrical
ion chamber– Size should be small
enough to limit dose heterogeneity across the volume to <10%
– Avoid high z central electrode
– Leakage <5% of reading (correction >2%)
• Measurement location– Homogeneous (<10%)
– <10% dose difference 2mm from detector
• Reference dose– Calculated average
over collecting volume
– Avoid point dose
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AAPM Recommendations: 2D Detectors
• Detectors
– Film
– Diode Arrays
– Ion chamber arrays
– EPID
• Recommendations
– Use for relative dosimetry
– Film calibration protocol
– Commissioning with film before moving to 2D arrays for routine QA
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Diode Arrays
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TG 120: Sample RecommendationsDiode Arrays
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EPID
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TG 120: Sample RecommendationsEPID
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Basic Pre-Treatment IMRT PSQA Rationale
• MU calculations and delivery are complex so a simple backup MU check may not be possible/adequate
• The patient’s plan can be measured by copying the plan to a phantom and performing a calculation of the patient’s fields on a phantom
• Point dose measurements in addition to a comparison of the planar dose distribution should be performed
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JACMP. 12 (2) 2011.
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How Often?
• Prior to delivery of every plan?
• When simple backup MU calculation is not possible or does not pass?
• Until you have data on X number of cases?
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CPQR Recommedations
• IMRT1: PSQA– Or can be dropped with “rigorous” statistical analysis
• IMRT 2: Set of commissioning plans that mimic clinical cases• IMRT 3: Case chosen for repeat delivery on quarterly basis• IMRT 4: Annual review of IMRT protocol (passing criteria, methods,
frequency, etc.)• IMRT 5: External audit
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RPC/QARC credentialing for RTOG/COG IMRT protocolsQA Audits IROC Audit
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Med. Phys. 40(2) 2013. Criteria +/- 7%DD, 4mm DTA
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Reasons for Failing Results
• Incorrect data entered into the TPS
• Inexact beam modeling
• Software and hardware failures
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AAPM TG 119: Commissioning Tests for IMRT
• Reaction to RPC results showing failing IMRT QA results at many institutions
• Created a set of standard plans and analysis techniques to commission IMRT
• Compared results between institutions
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IMRT commissioning: Multiple institution planning and dosimetry comparisons, a report from AAPM Task Group 119
Medical PhysicsVolume 36, Issue 11, pages 5359-5373, 30 NOV 2016 DOI: 10.1118/1.3238104http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1118/1.3238104/full#f1
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IMRT commissioning: Multiple institution planning and dosimetry comparisons, a report from AAPM Task Group 119
Medical PhysicsVolume 36, Issue 11, pages 5359-5373, 30 NOV 2016 DOI: 10.1118/1.3238104http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1118/1.3238104/full#f2
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IMRT commissioning: Multiple institution planning and dosimetry comparisons, a report from AAPM Task Group 119
Medical PhysicsVolume 36, Issue 11, pages 5359-5373, 30 NOV 2016 DOI: 10.1118/1.3238104http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1118/1.3238104/full#f3
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IMRT commissioning: Multiple institution planning and dosimetry comparisons, a report from AAPM Task Group 119
Medical PhysicsVolume 36, Issue 11, pages 5359-5373, 30 NOV 2016 DOI: 10.1118/1.3238104http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1118/1.3238104/full#f4
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IMRT commissioning: Multiple institution planning and dosimetry comparisons, a report from AAPM Task Group 119
Medical PhysicsVolume 36, Issue 11, pages 5359-5373, 30 NOV 2016 DOI: 10.1118/1.3238104http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1118/1.3238104/full#f5
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TG 119 Continued
• Treatment plans were created and analyzed in several institutions
• Recommendations for action and tolerance provided
• Data sets are available for download on the AAPM web site to allow individual sites– Allow for comparison to these sites using the same data
sets
• Suggested that these standard plans be used in commissioning to improve results
• Provide baseline tests for machine changes
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Gamma Passing Rate
• Percentage of points analyzed that pass the DD and DTA criteria
• General looking for pass rates above 90%
• Wide variety in practice in the USA/Canada
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Gamma IndexGamma is the Euclidian distance between an evaluated distribution and each point in an evaluated distribution. Gamma is a tool to compare dose distributions. It has limitations that must be considered in IMRT QA analysis.
Low, D. (2015). The importance of 3D dosimetry. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 573, No. 1, p. 012009). IOP Publishing.
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Dosimetry tools and techniques for IMRT
Medical PhysicsVolume 38, Issue 3, pages 1313-1338, 16 FEB 2011 DOI: 10.1118/1.3514120http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1118/1.3514120/full#f3
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Pitfalls of the Gamma Index
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Conclusions Nelms et al.
• Real-world cases where systematic errors were not detected with 3%/3mm
– Error introduced to TPS, linac, delivery method, setup
• More sensitive metrics should be used to evaluate the accuracy of dose calculation algorithms, delivery systems, and QA devices.
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Gamma analysis dependence on specified low‐dose thresholds for VMAT QA
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical PhysicsVolume 16, Issue 6, pages 263-272, 8 NOV 2015 DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v16i6.5696http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1120/jacmp.v16i6.5696/full#acm20263-fig-0001
Global Normalization
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Gamma analysis dependence on specified low‐dose thresholds for VMAT QA
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Local normalization
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Conclusion
• The low dose threshold that is chosen and the normalization technique, global or local, greatly impact Gamma passing rates
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Impact of Noise on Gamma Analysis
Jiang Graves, Y., Jia, X., & Jiang, S. B. (2013). Effect of statistical fluctuation in Monte Carlo based photon beam dose calculation on gamma index evaluation. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 58, 1839.
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Conclusion
• Gamma can be artificially high or low depending on the noise in either your measured or calculated distribution
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Resolution
Low, D. (2015). The importance of 3D dosimetry. In Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 573, No. 1, p. 012009). IOP Publishing.
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• Need interpolation between calc points to get good results
• Noisy distributions result in artificially low gamma results
• Don’t blindly use pass/fail criteria
• If points fail by a lot, look at this point
• Know where anatomically the points fail
Recommendations for Gamma
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• Measurements should be a true composite– Ensure detector has no
angular dependence– No perpendicular
composite, prone to masking delivery errors
• Absolute Dose vs. Relative dose
• Exclude areas with little or no clinical relevance– Ignore large areas of low
dose that change the pass rate
• Calibration compared against a standard dose at each measurement
• Normalization– Global versus local
normalization– Normalization point should
be in a low gradient, high dose region ≥90% of the max dose
– Local normalization can be used for commissioning
Recommendations from AAPM TG 218 (in press)
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218 Recommendations Cont.
• Tolerance and action– Tolerance ≥95% with
3%/2mm
– Action ≥90% with 3%/2mm
– Ignore points <10% of rx dose
• Resolution is important for gamma analysis, need to use DTA of <3mm to detect MLC errors– Understand software
• Site specific tolerance and action levels are encouraged as long as it is better than these universal recommendations– For example if at your site you
can only get 80%/3mm, then you have to do better.
• Make sure you have the appropriate equipment
• Log results to know how you are doing
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What to do when plans fail
• Look at where it fails and determine if it is relevant
• Don’t just look at statistics, look at all points above gamma 1.5
• Replanning should be an option (allow ample time for QA)
• Failing Gamma rates should be investigated!
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Clinical Example
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Head and Neck PSQA w/ArcCheckBeam Enters through Couch
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Beam that Does Not Enter Through Couch
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Composite
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Other IMRT Verification Methods
• Software that analyses beam delivery files (i.e. Varian Dynalogs, Mobius)
• Import plan DVH and compare to library of standard plans or set of established dose constraints to assess plan quality
• Second TPS or Monte Carlo
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Use of Treatment Log Files (3D)
• Record treatment leaf position
• 3D delivered dose is calculated in the patient CT using collapsed cone convolution
• Allows for assessment of the impact of delivery errors on dose to the patient
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SafetyNet: streamlining and automating QA in radiotherapy
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical PhysicsVolume 17, Issue 1, pages 387-395, 8 JAN 2016 DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v17i1.5920http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1120/jacmp.v17i1.5920/full#acm20387-fig-0003
Role of Mobius in Automating QA
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Other IMRT Verification Methods
• In general, these methods do not look at accuracy of heterogeneity corrections
• Calculate plan in a second treatment planning system
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Radify Interface
Proportion of complex plans increasing resulting in a need for more accurate MU verification. Improved accuracy may eliminate the need for measurements.
Slide courtesy of Marc-André Renaud
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Dose Difference
Slide courtesy of Marc-André Renaud