- Title
- Methodology of thermal drift measurements for surface guided radiation therapy systems and clinical impact assessment illustrated on the C-Rad Catalyst+ HD system
- Creator
- Lehmann, Joerg; Standen, Therese S.; Kaur, Guneet; Wolf, Joshua; Wilfert, Alex; Simpson, John
- Relation
- Technical Innovations and Patient Support in Radiation Oncology Vol. 21, Issue March 2022, p. 58-63
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tipsro.2022.02.005
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2022
- Description
- Thermal drift of optical systems employed for surface guided radiation therapy (SGRT) adds uncertainty to patient setup and monitoring. This work describes methods to measure the drift of individual camera pods as well as the drift of the combined clinical signal. It presents results for four clinical C-Rad Catalyst+ HD systems. Based on the measured clinical drift, recipes are provided on how to calculate relevant uncertainties in patient setup and patient position monitoring with SGRT. Strategies to reduce the impact of drift are explained. While the results are specific to the systems investigated, the methodology is transferable and the clinical recipes are universally applicable.
- Subject
- Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT); drift; quality assurance; clinical impact; thermal drift
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1469370
- Identifier
- uon:48213
- Identifier
- ISSN:2405-6324
- Rights
- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/.
- Language
- eng
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