Abstract
Purpose:To evaluate setup accuracy and quantify individual systematic and random errors for the various hardware and software components of the frameless 6D‐BrainLAB ExacTrac system.Methods:35 patients with cranial lesions, some with multiple isocenters (50 total lesions treated in 1, 3, 5 fractions), were investigated. All patients were simulated with a rigid head‐and‐neck mask and the BrainLAB localizer. CT images were transferred to the IPLAN treatment planning system where optimized plans were generated using stereotactic reference frame based on the localizer. The patients were setup initially with infrared (IR) positioning ExacTrac system. Stereoscopic X‐ray images (XC: X‐ray Correction) were registered to their corresponding digitally‐reconstructed‐radiographs, based on bony anatomy matching, to calculate 6D‐translational and rotational (Lateral, Longitudinal, Vertical, Pitch, Roll, Yaw) shifts. XC combines systematic errors of the mask, localizer, image registration, frame, and IR. If shifts were below tolerance (0.7 mm translational and 1 degree rotational), treatment was initiated; otherwise corrections were applied and additional X‐rays were acquired to verify patient position (XV: X‐ray Verification). Statistical analysis was used to extract systematic and random errors of the different components of the 6D‐ExacTrac system and evaluate the cumulative setup accuracy.Results:Mask systematic errors (translational; rotational) were the largest and varied from one patient to another in the range (−15 to 4mm; −2.5 to 2.5degree) obtained from mean of XC for each patient. Setup uncertainty in IR positioning (0.97,2.47,1.62mm;0.65,0.84,0.96degree) was extracted from standard‐deviation of XC. Combined systematic errors of the frame and localizer (0.32,−0.42,−1.21mm; −0.27,0.34,0.26degree) was extracted from mean of means of XC distributions. Final patient setup uncertainty was obtained from the standard deviations of XV (0.57,0.77,0.67mm,0.39,0.35,0.30degree).Conclusion:Statistical analysis was used to calculate cumulative and individual systematic errors from the different hardware and software components of the 6D‐ExacTrac‐system. Patients were treated with cumulative errors (<1mm,<1degree) with XV image guidance.
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