The accuracy of MU calculations for dynamic wedge with the Varian's Anisotropic Analytical Algorithm

G J Salomons; A T Kerr; X Mei; D Patel

doi:10.1118/1.2975145

The accuracy of MU calculations for dynamic wedge with the Varian's Anisotropic Analytical Algorithm

Med Phys. 2008 Oct;35(10):4289-91. doi: 10.1118/1.2975145.

Authors

G J Salomons¹, A T Kerr, X Mei, D Patel

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Physics, Cancer Centre of South Eastern Ontario, 25 King Street, Kingston, Ontario K7L 5P9, Canada. greg.salomons@krcc.on.ca

PMID: 18975673
DOI: 10.1118/1.2975145

Abstract

In November 2007 Varian Medical Systems released a new version of ECLIPSE (version 8.1.17), which includes a correction to its Anisotropic Analytical Algorithm affecting monitor unit calculations for Enhanced Dynamic Wedge. The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the accuracy of the MU calculations for version 8.1.17 with that from the previous version (8.0.05).

MeSH terms

Algorithms*
Radiometry / methods*
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Radiotherapy, Conformal / methods*
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Software