The Electronic Portal Imaging Device (EPID) provides localization quality images and computer-aided analysis, which should in principal, replace portal film imaging. Modern EPIDs deliver superior image quality and an array of analysis tools that improve clinical decision making. It has been demonstrated that the EPID can be a powerful tool in the reduction of treatment setup errors and the qual...

Purpose: Kilovoltage cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) has been developed to provide accurate soft-tissue and bony setup information. We evaluated clinical CBCT setup data and compared CBCT measurements with electronic portal imaging device (EPID) images. Material and Methods: The setup error for CBCT scans at the treatment unit relative to the planning CT was measured for 62 patients (524 s...

Abstract Introduction: In vivo dosimetry verification is currently a necessity in radiotherapy centres Europe countries as one of the tools for patient-specific QA, and now its demand rising developed countries, such Malaysia. The aim this study to characterize commercial EPID-based implementation treatment Materials Methods: work, sensitivity performance commercially available system, EPIgray®...

1Department of Radiation Oncology, SevenHills Hospital, Mumbai, India 2Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, India Received October 17, 2015; Revised January 02, 2016; Accepted January 16, 2016; Published Online February 03, 2016 Original Article Abstract Purpose: The aim of this study was to estimate local confidence limit for 6 MV photon beam based...

Electronic Portal Imaging Devices (EPID) are used for the assessment of the geometric accuracy 2 during the radiation therapy process. EPID is also used like a major detector to test performances of the linear accelerator used for the treatment. Therefore, the quality control of portal images 4, 5, 6, 7 is essential for this task. Software tools that are capable to perform an automatic quality ...

This article presents an overview of pre-treatment verification of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) with electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs). Challenges to VMAT verification with EPIDs are discussed including EPID sag/flex during rotation, acquisition using cine-mode imaging, image artefacts during VMAT and determining the gantry angle for each image. The major methods that have be...