Portal dosimetry systems, devices, and methods
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1. A method for evaluating radiation dose delivery to a target, comprising:
- generating a radiation dose distribution image based on radiation delivered according to a treatment plan, the generated radiation dose distribution image including at least a first point and a second point;
comparing the generated radiation dose distribution image with a corresponding predicted radiation dose distribution image, the comparing including comparing points in the generated radiation dose distribution image with corresponding points in the predicted radiation dose distribution image;
evaluating the compared points using different evaluation criterias;
anddetermining whether dose delivery is acceptable based on a result of the evaluation,wherein the evaluating includes evaluating the first point using a first gamma criteria including dose and spatial differences and evaluating the second point using a second gamma criteria including dose and spatial differences, the second gamma criteria being different than the first gamma criteria, or evaluating the first point against a maximum absolute dose value and the second point against a minimum absolute dose value.
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Abstract
Systems, devices, and methods for dosimetric verification of radiation therapy treatments by selective evaluation of measurement points. Systems, methods, and computer program-products for providing dosimetric verification of radiation therapy treatments by evaluating measurement points using different evaluation criteria.
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1. A method for evaluating radiation dose delivery to a target, comprising:
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generating a radiation dose distribution image based on radiation delivered according to a treatment plan, the generated radiation dose distribution image including at least a first point and a second point; comparing the generated radiation dose distribution image with a corresponding predicted radiation dose distribution image, the comparing including comparing points in the generated radiation dose distribution image with corresponding points in the predicted radiation dose distribution image; evaluating the compared points using different evaluation criterias; and determining whether dose delivery is acceptable based on a result of the evaluation, wherein the evaluating includes evaluating the first point using a first gamma criteria including dose and spatial differences and evaluating the second point using a second gamma criteria including dose and spatial differences, the second gamma criteria being different than the first gamma criteria, or evaluating the first point against a maximum absolute dose value and the second point against a minimum absolute dose value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for evaluating radiation dose delivery to a target, comprising:
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generating a radiation dose distribution image based on radiation delivered according to a treatment plan; projecting anatomical structures onto a measurement plane, the anatomical structures being associated with different gamma criterias; associating points in the generated distribution image with gamma criterias based on the projections; comparing points in the generated radiation dose distribution image with corresponding points in the predicted radiation dose distribution image; evaluating the compared points using gamma criterias based on the associating; and determining whether dose delivery is acceptable based on a result of the evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A method for selectively evaluating radiation dose delivery to a target, comprising:
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generating a radiation dose distribution image based on radiation delivered according to a treatment plan; comparing the generated radiation dose distribution image with a corresponding predicted radiation dose distribution image; the comparing including comparing selected points in the generated radiation dose distribution image with corresponding points in the predicted radiation dose distribution image; evaluating the compared selected points; and determining whether dose delivery is acceptable based on a result of the evaluation, wherein the selected points include points selected based on patient surface information. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A system for verifying radiation dose delivery in an arc-based radiation therapy device, comprising:
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a portal imaging device configured to measure incident radiation dose from predetermined radiation fields and to generate portal dose images; and a processing device operably connected to the portal dose imaging device and being configured to store the measured portal dose images in a first array having spatial and angular locations of the delivered beams as dimensions, the processing device being further configured to store a plurality of predicted portal dose images in a second array having spatial and angular locations of the predicted beams as dimensions; the processing device being further configured to selectively compare points in the first array with corresponding points in the second array, wherein the selectively comparing includes excluding points based on patient surface information from the comparison, and wherein errors in the quantities of interest are determined based on the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45)
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