Introduction: Quality assurance is necessary for every IMRT plan.Octavius 4D-1500 detector phantom is one of the new phantoms for determining the treatment plan quality. This study aimed to examine the IMRT plans using the Octavius 4D-1500 to determine if it is a reliable, dependable, and durable.
Material and Methods: IMRT QA conducted for 30 cases: HN and pelvis. The Monaco TPS used for treatment planning. The treatment plans were then applied to the Octavius 4D-1500 phantom (virtually and actually), the γ-index was calculated in VeriSoft program to evaluate the IMRT plans.
Results: Significant differences were observed between the measured and calculated dose distributions for HN and pelvic plans, while the treatment sites did not affect the GP rate. The results of the global Gp were higher than the local GP, regardless of the study criteria. The HN plans showed a more significant difference than the pelvic plans. The HN plans, a strong significant correlation was found between the total fields’area and %GP in both global and local analyses, while in the pelvic plans, there was only a significant association with the local %GP.
Conclusion: The measured dose distributions significantly different from calculated distributions. The relationship between the fields’ area and %GP was inverse. In the HN plans, a significant correlation found between the total fields’ area and %GP in both global and local, while only local %GP in the pelvic plans was significant correlation. Overall, the Octavius 4D-1500 detector phantom might be applicable for assessing the QA of IMRT plans.
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July 2021
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