TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of the Halcyon TM multileaf collimator system
AU - Lim, Tze Yee
AU - Dragojević, Irena
AU - Hoffman, David
AU - Flores-Martinez, Everardo
AU - Kim, Gwe Ya
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 The Authors. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
PY - 2019/4
Y1 - 2019/4
N2 - Purpose: To characterize the stacked and staggered dual-layer multileaf collimator (MLC) on the Halcyon TM system. Methods: The novel MLC assembly was reviewed and compared to the widely used Millennium TM 120-leaf MLC system. We investigated the MLC positioning stability over 70 days using Machine Performance Check (MPC) data. We evaluated the leaf transmission, penumbra, leaf end effect, and leaf edge effect. Leaf transmission through distal, proximal, and both MLC layers was measured with a Farmer chamber, by comparing an open and a closed field. Leaf penumbra was measured using film for three different MLC-defined field sizes. The leaf end effect was measured with sweeping gap fields of varying gap sizes defined by the distal MLC. The leaf edge effect was evaluated using the Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) for the different banks, gantry positions, and collimator angles. Point dose measurements for 10 test plans were compared to dose predictions of two dose calculation model versions. Results: From MPC data, the largest measured MLC positioning accuracy deviation was within 0.1 mm. The proximal MLC exhibited greater deviations compared to the distal MLC. The distal-and-proximal-combination had reduced inter-leaf and intra-leaf transmission compared to delivery with distal-only. The measured leaf transmission was 0.41% for distal-only, 0.40% for proximal-only, and negligible for distal-and-proximal-combination. The leaf end penumbra was wider compared to the leaf edge penumbra. The leaf end effect was measured to be −0.2 mm. The leaf edge effect showed minimal bank, gantry position, and collimator angle dependence. However, a systematic deviation between measurements and treatment planning system handling of the leaf edge effect was observed. The discrepancy between the measured and predicted dose in the 10 test plans improved with the latest version of the dose calculation algorithm. Conclusion: The characteristics of the stacked and staggered dual-layer MLC on the Halcyon TM system were presented.
AB - Purpose: To characterize the stacked and staggered dual-layer multileaf collimator (MLC) on the Halcyon TM system. Methods: The novel MLC assembly was reviewed and compared to the widely used Millennium TM 120-leaf MLC system. We investigated the MLC positioning stability over 70 days using Machine Performance Check (MPC) data. We evaluated the leaf transmission, penumbra, leaf end effect, and leaf edge effect. Leaf transmission through distal, proximal, and both MLC layers was measured with a Farmer chamber, by comparing an open and a closed field. Leaf penumbra was measured using film for three different MLC-defined field sizes. The leaf end effect was measured with sweeping gap fields of varying gap sizes defined by the distal MLC. The leaf edge effect was evaluated using the Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) for the different banks, gantry positions, and collimator angles. Point dose measurements for 10 test plans were compared to dose predictions of two dose calculation model versions. Results: From MPC data, the largest measured MLC positioning accuracy deviation was within 0.1 mm. The proximal MLC exhibited greater deviations compared to the distal MLC. The distal-and-proximal-combination had reduced inter-leaf and intra-leaf transmission compared to delivery with distal-only. The measured leaf transmission was 0.41% for distal-only, 0.40% for proximal-only, and negligible for distal-and-proximal-combination. The leaf end penumbra was wider compared to the leaf edge penumbra. The leaf end effect was measured to be −0.2 mm. The leaf edge effect showed minimal bank, gantry position, and collimator angle dependence. However, a systematic deviation between measurements and treatment planning system handling of the leaf edge effect was observed. The discrepancy between the measured and predicted dose in the 10 test plans improved with the latest version of the dose calculation algorithm. Conclusion: The characteristics of the stacked and staggered dual-layer MLC on the Halcyon TM system were presented.
KW - Halcyon
KW - MLC
KW - dual-layer
KW - multileaf collimators
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U2 - 10.1002/acm2.12568
DO - 10.1002/acm2.12568
M3 - Article
C2 - 30889312
AN - SCOPUS:85063863581
SN - 1526-9914
VL - 20
SP - 106
EP - 114
JO - Journal of applied clinical medical physics
JF - Journal of applied clinical medical physics
IS - 4
ER -