ACR benchmark testing of a novel high-speed ring-gantry linac kV-CBCT system

© 2024 The Authors. Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics published by Wiley Periodicals, LLC on behalf of The American Association of Physicists in Medicine..

A new generation cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) system with new hardware design and advanced image reconstruction algorithms is available for radiation treatment simulation or adaptive radiotherapy (HyperSight CBCT imaging solution, Varian Medical Systems-a Siemens Healthineers company). This study assesses the CBCT image quality metrics using the criteria routinely used for diagnostic CT scanner accreditation as a first step towards the future use of HyperSight CBCT images for treatment planning and target/organ delineations. Image performance was evaluated using American College of Radiology (ACR) Program accreditation phantom tests for diagnostic computed tomography systems (CTs) and compared HyperSight images with a standard treatment planning diagnostic CT scanner (Siemens SOMATOM Edge) and with existing CBCT systems (Varian TrueBeam version 2.7 and Varian Halcyon version 2.0).  Image quality performance for all Varian HyperSight CBCT vendor-provided imaging protocols were assessed using ACR head and body ring CT phantoms, then compared to existing imaging modalities. Image quality analysis metrics included contrast-to-noise (CNR), spatial resolution, Hounsfield number (HU) accuracy, image scaling, and uniformity. All image quality assessments were made following the recommendations and passing criteria provided by the ACR. The Varian HyperSight CBCT imaging system demonstrated excellent image quality, with the majority of vendor-provided imaging protocols capable of passing all ACR CT accreditation standards. Nearly all (8/11) vendor-provided protocols passed ACR criteria using the ACR head phantom, with the Abdomen Large, Pelvis Large, and H&N vendor-provided protocols produced HU uniformity values slightly exceeding passing criteria but remained within the allowable minor deviation levels (5-7 HU maximum differences). Compared to other existing CT and CBCT imaging modalities, both HyperSight Head and Pelvis imaging protocols matched the performance of the SOMATOM CT scanner, and both the HyperSight and SOMATOM CT substantially surpassed the performance of the Halcyon 2.0 and TrueBeam version 2.7 systems. Varian HyperSight CBCT imaging system could pass almost all tests for all vendor-provided protocols using ACR accreditation criteria, with image quality similar to those produced by diagnostic CT scanners and significantly better than existing linac-based CBCT imaging systems.

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E-Artikel

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Journal of applied clinical medical physics - (2024) vom: 22. März, Seite e14299

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Haertter, Allison [VerfasserIn]
Salerno, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Koger, Brandon [VerfasserIn]
Kennedy, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Alonso-Basanta, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Teo, Boon-Keng [VerfasserIn]
Li, Taoran [VerfasserIn]

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ACR
CBCT
Journal Article
Treatment planning

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Date Revised 23.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

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10.1002/acm2.14299

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NLM37009641X