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Assessing the accuracy of electronic portal imaging device (EPID)‐based dosimetry: I. Quantities influencing long‐term stability

Par Conseil national de recherches du Canada

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DOITrouver le DOI : https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15434
AuteurRechercher : 1; Rechercher : 1
Affiliation
  1. Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Centre de recherche en métrologie
FormatTexte, Article
SujetEPID; influencing quantities; long=term stability; temperature measurement
Résumé
Purpose The aim of this study is to reduce the uncertainty associated with determining dose-to-water using an amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging detector (EPID) under reference conditions by identifying and accounting for operational and environmental factors influencing the long-term stability of EPID response Methods Measurements of the EPID relative response, corrected for variations in linear accelerator (linac) output, were performed regularly over a period of 12 months. For every acquired image set, measurements of detector supply voltages, internal operating temperature, and ambient environmental conditions were obtained. Pearson r correlation coefficients were then calculated for each pair of variables, a subset of which were fitted using multiple linear regression to develop a predictive model of EPID response. Principal component analysis was performed on the dataset to reveal the internal structure of the data in a way that best accounts for the observed variations Results The +5.5 V power supply voltage, internal operating temperature, and the accumulated dose absorbed in EPID were identified as having the greatest influence on the long-term stability of EPID response. By correcting for the combined effect of these variables, the mean difference in linac output as measured by the EPID relative to a reference class chamber improved from -0.46% to 0.23% over the period of the study Conclusions This work suggests that the stability of an EPID over a period of a year can be improved by a factor of two by monitoring and accounting for the effects of variations in power supply voltage, internal temperature of the detector, and accumulated absorbed dose
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Maison d’éditionAmerican Association of Physicists in Medicine
Wiley
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  • "The attached manuscript is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: : Renaud J, Muir B. Assessing the accuracy of electronic portal imaging device (EPID)-based dosimetry: i. Quantities influencing long-term stability. Med. Phys. 2022;49 1231–1237., which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1002/mp.15434. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions."
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  • Medical Physics 49, nº 2 (28 décembre 2021) : 1231–1237.
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