LAP & IOP Webinar: Patient-specific quality assurance (PSQA) based on independent 3D dose calculation
Join us for a live webinar at 4 p.m. GMT/1 p.m ART on December 16, 2024 exploring the critical role of PSQA in ensuring accurate dose delivery for VMAT treatments
In this webinar with Dr Daniel Venencia and Carlos Bohorquez , we will discuss that patient specific quality assurance (PSQA) is an essential component of the radiation treatment process. This control allows us to ensure that the planned dose will be delivered to the patient. The increasing number of patients with indications for modulated treatments requiring PSQA has significantly increased the workload of the medical physics departments, and the need to find more efficient ways to perform it has arisen.
In recent years, there has been an increasing evolution of measurement systems. However, the experimental process involved imposes a limit on the time savings. The 3D dose calculation systems are presented as a solution to this problem, allowing the reduction of the time needed for the initiation of treatments.
The use of 3D dose calculation systems, as stated in international recommendations (TG219), requires a process of commissioning and adjustment of dose calculation parameters.
This presentation will show the implementation of PSQA based on independent 3D dose calculation for VMAT treatments in breast cancer using DICOM information from the plan and LOG files. Comparative results with measurement-based PSQA systems will also be presented.
An interactive Q&A session follows the presentation.