SU‐E‐J‐85: Leave‐One‐Out Perturbation (LOOP) Fitting Algorithm for Absolute Dose Film Calibration

Abstract

Purpose:To introduce an outliers‐recognition fitting routine for film dosimetry. It cannot only be flexible with any linear and non‐linear regression but also can provide information for the minimal number of sampling points, critical sampling distributions and evaluating analytical functions for absolute film‐dose calibration.Methods:The technique, leave‐one‐out (LOO) cross validation, is often used for statistical analyses on model performance. We used LOO analyses with perturbed bootstrap fitting called leave‐one‐out perturbation (LOOP) for film‐dose calibration . Given a threshold, the LOO process detects unfit points (“outliers”) compared to other cohorts, and a bootstrap fitting process follows to seek any possibilities of using perturbations for further improvement. After that outliers were reconfirmed by a traditional t‐test statistics and eliminated, then another LOOP feedback resulted in the final. An over‐sampled film‐dose‐ calibration dataset was collected as a reference (dose range: 0‐800cGy), and various simulated conditions for outliers and sampling distributions were derived from the reference. Comparisons over the various conditions were made, and the performance of fitting functions, polynomial and rational functions, were evaluated.Results:(1) LOOP can prove its sensitive outlier‐recognition by its statistical correlation to an exceptional better goodness‐of‐fit as outliers being left‐out. (2) With sufficient statistical information, the LOOP can correct outliers under some low‐sampling conditions that other “robust fits”, e.g. Least Absolute Residuals, cannot. (3) Complete cross‐validated analyses of LOOP indicate that the function of rational type demonstrates a much superior performance compared to the polynomial. Even with 5 data points including one outlier, using LOOP with rational function can restore more than a 95% value back to its reference values, while the polynomial fitting completely failed under the same conditions.Conclusion:LOOP can cooperate with any fitting routine functioning as a “robust fit”. In addition, it can be set as a benchmark for film‐dose calibration fitting performance.