Open AccessPlanning for mARC treatments with the Eclipse treatment planning system
Author(s) -
Sarkar Vikren,
Huang Long,
RassiahSzegedi Prema,
Zhao Hui,
Huang Jessica,
Szegedi Martin,
Salter Bill J.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of applied clinical medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.83
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1526-9914
DOI - 10.1120/jacmp.v16i2.5351
Subject(s) - eclipse , deliverable , radiation treatment planning , plan (archaeology) , computer science , linear particle accelerator , medical physics , test plan , systems engineering , medicine , engineering , mathematics , radiation therapy , statistics , physics , beam (structure) , civil engineering , astronomy , archaeology , weibull distribution , history
While modulated arc (mARC) capabilities have been available on Siemens linear accelerators for almost two years now, there was, until recently, only one treatment planning system capable of planning these treatments. The Eclipse treatment planning system now offers a module that can plan for mARC treatments. The purpose of this work was to test the module to determine whether it is capable of creating clinically acceptable plans. A total of 23 plans were created for various clinical sites and all plans delivered without anomaly. The average 3%/3 mm gamma pass rate for the plans was 98.0%, with a standard deviation of 1.7%. For a total of 14 plans, an equivalent static gantry IMRT plan was also created to compare delivery time. In all but two cases, the mARC plans delivered significantly faster than the static gantry plan. We have confirmed the successful creation of mARC plans that are deliverable with high fidelity on an ARTISTE linear accelerator, thus demonstrating the successful implementation of the Eclipse mARC module. PACS numbers: 87.55.D‐, 87.55.ne, 87.57.uq,