ARTISCAN for Radiotherapy
The quality management of radiotherapy machines ensures the safe and accurate operation of the equipment. These crucial procedures are essential for the reliability and efficiency of diagnostic and therapeutic interventions for patients, thereby ensuring quality care in the field of radiotherapy.
The multileaf collimators (STATIC, IMRT, VMAT)
To address the quality control of multileaf collimators, we offer the MLC QA Pack.
For this pack, we follow these recommendations:
- The French decision of July 27, 2007, which establishes the internal quality control procedures for external radiotherapy installations.
- The French decision of February 28, 2023, fixing the modalities of quality control for external radiotherapy and radiosurgery installations.
- Ling et al., Commissioning and Quality Assurance of RapidArc Radiotherapy Delivery System, Int J. Radiation Oncology Biol. Phys., Vol. 712, No. 2, pp. 575-581, 2008.
Static field
- Centering
- Collimator Centering Jaw with respect to the isocenter
- Collimator Centering MLC with respect to the isocenter
- Orthogonality and Symmetry
- Jaws
- MLC (Multileaf Collimator)
- Accuracy and repeatability of blade positioning
- Transmission and interleaf leakage
- Light field - Irradiated field
- Field size
- Bench Alignment
IMRT / VMAT Field
- dMLC Dosimetry
- Picket Fence
- IMRT Picket
- Fence VMAT
- Picket Fence RapidArc
- Picket Fence RapidArc with errors
- Dose rate / Arm speed
- MLC speed
80 leafs MLCi & MLCi2, Agilty™, Beam Modulator® Elekta
58, 82 leafs, 160 MLC™ Siemens Healthcare
Millennium™ 80 MLC, 120 MLC, HD120® MLC Varian Medical Systems
m3® High-Resolution MLC Brainlab
EPID
To respond to the quality control of EPIDs, we offer the Epid QA Pack
For this pack, we follow these recommendations:
- The French decision of 28/02/2023 setting out the procedures for quality control of external radiotherapy and radiosurgery installations.
For portal imaging
- Image pixel size
- Noise, Homogeneity
- Spatial linearity
- Signal linearity
- High-contrast spatial resolution
- Low-contrast spatial resolution
Las Vegas All manufacturers
EPID QC PTW Freiburg
RT Calibration & L/R Phantom AQUILAB
QC-3 Standard Imaging
The Isocenters
To address the quality control of the isocenters, we offer the ISOCENTERS QA Pack
For these packs, we follow these recommendations:
- The French decision of July 27, 2007, which establishes the internal quality control procedures for external radiotherapy installations.
- The French decision of 28/02/2023 establishing the procedures for the quality control of external radiotherapy and radiosurgery installations.
- Recommendations from the AAPM TG-142 report.
Isocenter of 2D kV Imaging
- Distance from Image Center/Reference
- Distance from 2D kV Isocenter/Reference
- Size of 2D kV Isocenter
- Coincidence of 2D kV Isocenters/MV
Mechanical Isocenter
- Distance from Mechanical Isocenter/Reference
- Size of Mechanical Isocenter
- Coincidence of Mechanical Isocenters/MV
kV-CBCT Imaging Isocenter
- Distance from kV-CBCT Isocenter/Reference
- Size of kV-CBCT Isocenter
- Coincidence of kV-CBCT Isocenters/MV
MV Treatment Isocenter
- Distance from MV Treatment Isocenter/Reference
- Size of MV Treatment Isocenter
Axes of Rotation for Collimator, Arm, and Treatment Table
- Distance :
- Center of Field/Reference for each image
- Collimator Rotation Axis/Reference
- Treatment Table Rotation Axis/Reference
- Diameter
- Collimator Rotation Axis
- Arm Rotation Axis
- Treatment Table Rotation Axis
- Ball Bearing Phantoms
- Ball Bearing Phantom Elekta
- WL Pointer Brainlab
- RT Phantom Isocenter AQUILAB
- Cube Phantoms
- QUASAR™ Penta-Guide Modus
- RUBY* (*WIP) PTW
- ISO Cube, Daily ISO Phantom CIRS
Dosimetry QA
To meet the centralization and monitoring of the dosimetric characteristics of the beams, we offer the Dosimetry QA Pack.
For this pack, we follow these recommendations:
- The French decision of 28/02/2023 setting the terms of quality control for external radiotherapy and radiosurgery installations.
- DIN EN 60975 & IEC 60976
Centralization in a single solution
- Supported beam analyzers:
- Water tank
- 2D array
- Compatible with ASCII files
- Compatible with filtered (FF) and unfiltered (FFF) beams
Homogeneous and standardized analyses
- The Dosimetry QA module stores & analyzes data to quickly determine parameters:
- Homogeneity, Symmetry, Penumbra, and Field Size (FF Beams)
- Non-homogeneity, Symmetry, Penumbra, Field Size & Peak Position (FFF Beams)*
- Transmission through the beam modifier
- Repeatability & Linearity of monitor unit Dose calibration stability (static and dynamic beams)
- Energy quality index stability
- Dose profile stability
Accuray (.csv)* (*WIP),
IBA Dosimetry (.asc, .opg)
Sun Nuclear (.prs, .snctxt)
PTW (.mcc)
Lynx (.txt)
Supported beam scanners: Water tank, 2D matrices
Quality Control of Embedded Imaging
To meet the quality control needs of Embedded Imaging, we offer the RT Kv Imaging Pack
For this pack, we follow these recommendations:
- The French decision of 28/02/2023 setting out the procedures for quality control of external radiotherapy and radiosurgery installations.
RT kV Imaging
2D kV Orthogonal Imaging
3D kV & MV CBCT Imaging
- Alignment
- Noise, CT Number of water, Homogeneity
- Noise power spectrum
- Image geometry
- Signal linearity
- Contrast resolution
- Position and slice thickness
- Low-contrast sensitivity
- Spatial resolution
- Hounsfield numbers linearity
- CT/CBCT isocentric coincidence
- Cheese Phantom Accuray TomoTherapy® & Radixact™
- Dual-layer MLC Varian Halcyon®
Dedicated Machines
To meet the quality control requirements of the Halcyon® and TomoTherapy® & Radixact™ equipment, we offer the Halcyon QA Pack and the TOMO QA Pack.
For these packs, we follow these recommendations:
- The French decision of 28/02/2023 establishes the modalities for the quality control of external radiotherapy and radiosurgery installations.
MLC Dual-layer QC
- Field size
- Orthogonality and symmetry
- Leaf positioning
- MLC dosimetry
- Picket Fence
- Dose rate
- Collimator speed
- Leaf speed
EPID CQ
- Pixel size
- SNR noise, Homogeneity
- Spatial linearity
- Signal linearity
- Contrast resolution
IGRT CQ
- Signal linearity
- Image distortion
- Contrast resolution
- Noise, SNR, Homogeneity
- Slice thickness
- Spatial resolution
- Hounsfield numbers linearity
Isocentres CQ
- Rotation center (Collimator & Arm)
- MV & kV-CBCT Isocenters
- MV / kV-CBCT Coincidence
Automated image quality control
(MVCT Tomo, Tomo HD®, & Radixact™ images)
- Signal-to-noise ratio
- Uniformity
- Geometric distortion
- Density contrast
- Spatial resolution
- Positioning accuracy
Comprehensive and consistent backups
- Efficient centralization of quality control data in a single solution
- Option to delegate quality control execution to other staff members
- Recording of results and reports (including screenshots of calculated parameters and evidence of performed tests)