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Evaluation of the accuracy of a six-degree-of-freedom robotic couch using optical surface and cone beam CT images of an SRS QA phantom

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2023

Q. Zhang Open the ORCID record for Q. Zhang [Opens in a new window] ,
Y. Chen ,
D. Fang ,
C. Iannuzzi  and
E. Klein
Q. Zhang*
Affiliation:
Department of Oncology, Saint Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT 06606, USA
Y. Chen
Affiliation:
Department of Radiation Medicine, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC 20007, USA
D. Fang
Affiliation:
Department of Oncology, Saint Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT 06606, USA
C. Iannuzzi
Affiliation:
Department of Oncology, Saint Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT 06606, USA
E. Klein
Affiliation:
Department of Radiation Oncology, Brown Alpert Medical School, Providence, RI 02903, USA
*
Author for correspondence: Qinghui Zhang, Department of Oncology, Saint Vincent’s Medical Center, Bridgeport, CT 06606, USA. E-mail: Qinghui.zhang@gmail.com
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Abstract

Purpose:

To assess the accuracy of the Varian PerfectPitch six-degree-of-freedom (6DOF) robotic couch by using a Varian SRS QA phantom.

Methods:

The stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) phantom has five tungsten carbide BBs each with 7·5 mm in diameter arranged with the known geometry. Optical surface images and cone beam CT (CBCT) images of the phantom were taken at different pitch, roll and rotation angles. The pitch, roll, and rotation angles were varied from −3 to 3 degrees by inputs from the linac console. A total of 39 Vision RT images with different rotation angle combinations were collected, and the Vision RT software was used to determine the rotation angles and translational shifts from those images. Eight CBCT images at most allowed rotational angles were analysed by in-house software. The software took the coordinates of the voxel of the maximum CT number inside a 7·5-mm sphere surrounding one BB to be the measured position of this BB. Expected BB positions at different rotation angles were determined by multiplying measured BB positions at zero pitch and roll values by a rotation matrix. Applying the rotation matrix to 5 BB positions yielded 15 equations. A linear least square method was used for regression analysis to approximate the solutions of those equations.

Results:

Of the eight calculations from CBCT images, the maximum rotation angle differences (degree) were 0·10 for pitch, 0·15 for roll and 0·09 for yaw. The maximum translation differences were 0·3 mm in the left–right direction, 0·5 mm in the anterior–posterior direction and 0·4 mm in the superior–inferior direction.

Conclusions:

The uncertainties of the 6-DOF couch were examined with the methods of optical surface imaging and CBCT imaging of the SRS QA phantom. The rotational errors were less than 0·2 degree, and the isocentre shifts were less than 0·8 mm.

Keywords

6-DOF couchCBCTVision RT
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Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice , Volume 22 , 2023 , e69
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press

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