EPID dosimetry method and system for radiation therapy
US9550076B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 13, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 22, 2034 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/10116
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of electronic portal imaging (EPID) for radiation dosimetric measurement and quality assurance (QA) in radiation therapy is provided that includes imaging a calibration photon beam and a treatment beam using an EPID imager disposed between a plastic water build-up phantom and a plastic water back-scatter phantom that is thicker than the plastic water build-up phantom, correcting the EPID images using an off-axis correction map that takes into account a horn-shape of a photon fluence profile, deconvolving the corrected EPID images using a Monte Carlo simulated EPID response kernel, the deconvolved corrected EPID images provide a primary photon fluence map, reconstructing a relative dose map using the primary photon fluence map convolving with a Monte Carlo simulated pencil-beam dose distribution kernel, and generating an absolute dose map using cross calibration to a 10×10 cm2 square field that is compared with a planned dose distribution for QA analysis.
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