Abstract
The coincidence of light and radiation fields is an important quality assurance test for accurate beam delivery in a linear accelerator (LINAC), and is recommended to be checked monthly by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). The test-related conventional tools may yield different results, especially without a commercial software, depending on the user, even if the tolerance suggested by the AAPM is very tight. This study was conducted to develop a semiautomatic film analyzer, called FSChecker, for a simple, easy, and consistent quantitative evaluation of the LINAC light and radiation field coincidence, without commercial tools. The FSChecker has two components, a dedicated grid paper and an analyzing software based on MATLAB. Comparing the results obtained from the FSChecker with those of a commercial software revealed that the FSChecker could provide a reasonable and reliable analysis for the coincidence test of light and radiation fields in a LINAC with various scan parameters, including an office-level configuration.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 361-367 |
| Number of pages | 7 |
| Journal | Journal of the Korean Physical Society |
| Volume | 81 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2022 Aug |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This research was supported by the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (NRF-2021R1I1A1A01057995).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022, The Korean Physical Society.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Physics and Astronomy(all)