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Record W2064230220 · doi:10.1118/1.3244100

Sci—Wed PM: Delivery—08: Monte Carlo Based RapidArc QA Using LINAC Log Files

2009· article· en· W2064230220 on OpenAlexaff
T Teke, Alanah Bergman, William Kwa, B.S. Gill, Cheryl Duzenli, I A Popescu

Bibliographic record

VenueMedical Physics · 2009
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldPhysics and Astronomy
TopicAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques
Canadian institutionsBC Cancer AgencyUniversity of British Columbia
Fundersnot available
KeywordsMonte Carlo methodQuality assuranceImaging phantomIonization chamberLinear particle acceleratorNuclear medicineRadiation treatment planningComputer scienceMedical physicsBeam (structure)MedicineMathematicsStatisticsPhysicsRadiation therapyIonizationOpticsRadiology

Abstract

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Purpose/Objective(s): To present our Monte Carlo based RapidArc quality assurance (QA) process to validate both the dose calculation and dynamic beam delivery accuracy using the planning MLC control files and the post‐delivery MLC diagnostic files. Materials/Methods: Ten clinically acceptable RapidArc treatment plans were generated with a clinical version of the planning system for various tumor sites. Monte Carlo dose calculations were performed in a water equivalent phantom for each plan using both DynaLog files and the planning control (DVA) files. Results were compared to measurements using a calibrated Farmer ionization chamber with an active volume of . Comparison of RapidArc and Monte Carlo 3D doses was performed using a 3 dimensional Gamma‐factor analysis with a 3%/3mm DTA criteria. A thorough analysis of the DynaLog files was performed to evaluate the treatment delivery accuracy. Results: Good agreement was observed between chamber measurements and MC dose calculations and between RapidArc and MC dose distributions with Gamma values below 1 in over 90% of the points considered for all plans. The analysis of the MLC DynaLog files indicated that the leaf position errors were lower than 1 mm in more than 94% of the time with none above 2.5 mm and that few beam hold‐offs occurred Conclusions The accuracy and flexibility of our Monte Carlo based RapidArc QA system was demonstrated. Good machine performance and accurate dose distributions delivery of RapidArc plans was observed.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.002
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Simulation or modeling · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: none
Teacher disagreement score0.095
Threshold uncertainty score0.316

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.002
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0010.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0010.001
Open science0.0010.001
Research integrity0.0000.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0950.031

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.015
GPT teacher head0.287
Teacher spread0.272 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designSimulation or modeling
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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