Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of our quality assurance (QA) automation system and to evaluate the machine performance of a new type linear accelerator uRT-linac 506c within 6months using this system. This QA automation system consists of a hollow cylindrical phantom with 18 steel balls in the phantom surface and an analysis software to process electronic portal imaging device (EPID) measurement image data and report the results. The performance of the QA automation system was evaluated by the tests of repeatability, archivable precision, detectability of introduced errors, and the impact of set-up errors on QA results. The performance of this linac was evaluated by 31 items using this QA system over 6months. This QA system was able to automatically deliver QA plan, EPID image acquisition, and automatic analysis. All images acquiring and analysis took approximately 4.6min per energy. The preset error of 0.1mm in multi-leaf collimator (MLC) leaf were detected as 0.12±0.01mm for Bank A and 0.10±0.01mm in Bank B. The 2mm setup error was detected as -1.95±0.01mm, -2.02±0.01mm, 2.01±0.01mm for X, Y, Z directions, respectively. And data from the tests of repeatability and detectability of introduced errors showed the standard deviation were all within 0.1mm and 0.1°. and data of the machine performance were all within the tolerance specified by AAPM TG-142. The QA automation system has high precision and good performance, and it can improve the QA efficiency. The performance of the new accelerator has also performed very well during the testing period.
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