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Record W4406230150 · doi:10.1002/mp.17597

Optimizing the deliverability of binary collimation‐based SRS treatment for multiple metastases with multiple prescriptions

2025· article· en· W4406230150 on OpenAlexaff
Eva Lee, Christopher G. Thomas, Alasdair Syme, R. Lee MacDonald

Bibliographic record

VenueMedical Physics · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldPhysics and Astronomy
TopicAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques
Canadian institutionsQueen Elizabeth II Health Sciences CentreDalhousie University
Fundersnot available
KeywordsCollimated lightTruebeamRadiosurgeryLinear particle acceleratorDosimetryNuclear medicineRadiation treatment planningBinary numberPhysicsComputer scienceRadiation therapyMedical physicsOpticsBeam (structure)MathematicsMedicineSurgeryLaser

Abstract

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intra-arc binary collimation (iABC) is a novel treatment technique in which dynamic conformal arcs are periodically interrupted with binary collimation. It has demonstrated its utility through planning studies for the treatment of multiple metastases. However, the binary collimation approach is idealized in the planning system, while the treatment deliveries must adhere to the physical limitations of the mechanical systems involved [e.g., multi-leaf collimation (MLC) leaf speed]. This work focuses on optimizing the delivery of the binary collimation-based stereotactic radiosurgery/radiotherapy (SRS/SRT) plans on a Varian TrueBeam accelerator, considering both dosimetric fidelity and treatment efficiency as variables. A transition window (TW) was defined as the fraction of a control point (CP) during which the requested MLC motion must be completed. The width of TWs was varied between 0% (or step-and-shoot which represents the idealized dose distribution), 20%, 40%, 60%, 80%, and 100%. A variable TW approach was also studied. Delivery accuracy was quantified with gamma analysis (gamma criteria 5%/2mm) on a PTW Octavius detector. The total beam-on-time was manually recorded. Smaller TWs were associated with more accurate dose deliveries and longer treatment delivery times. The variable TW method was found to be an effective compromise, achieving an average gamma pass rate of 98% and an average delivery time of 9 min.

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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)0.000
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
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: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.001
Threshold uncertainty score0.003

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0000.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0010.000

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 head0.021
GPT teacher head0.303
Teacher spread0.281 · 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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