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Table 2 RPC and VPP average percentage of pixels passing the gamma criteria at 3%/3 mm, 5%/5 mm and 7%/4 mm for 12 institutions of the EORTC for IMRT complex dosimetry checks

From: IMRT credentialing for prospective trials using institutional virtual phantoms: results of a joint European Organization for the Research and Treatment of Cancer and Radiological Physics Center project

 

RPC

  

VPP

Institution number

3%/3 mm (%) RPCPH

5%/5 mm (%) RPCPH

7%/4 mm (%) RPCPH

Number of verified fields

Measurement device

3%/3 mm (%) [SD] INSTPH

5%/5 mm (%) [SD] INSTPH

7%/4 mm (%) [SD] INSTPH

1

89.3

99.9

99.8

Combined

Delta4

100.0 [-]

100.0 [-]

100.0 [-]

2

62.9

82.0

91.2

Combined

PTW 2D-array

93.2 [-]

99.0 [-]

99.4 [-]

3

78.1

99.9

97.8

Combined

PTW 2D-array

90.8 [0.9]

100 [0.2]

100 [0.3]

4

84.7

98.2

99.5

Combineda

PTW 2D-array

84.1 [1.9]

95.7 [0.6]

96.4 [0.7]

5

80.1

98.2

99.3

Combineda

Varian Portal

96.5 [3.3]

99.8 [0.3]

100.0 [0.0]

6

96.4

99.8

99.9

9

Varian Portal

96.6 [2.2]

99.4 [1.3]

100.0 [0.0]

7

96.5

99.8

100.0

Combined

PTW 2D-array

85 [1.3]

96.6 [0.6]

97.3 [0.5]

8

89.1

96.9

98.1

Combined

EDR2-Film

89.1 [-]

99.3 [-]

99.9 [-]

9

73.5

91.9

95.5

Combined

Delta4

99.5 [-]

100.0 [-]

100.0 [-]

10

79.6

94.1

98.8

Combined

Delta4

98.4 [-]

100.0 [-]

100.0 [-]

11

89.9

98.9

99.7

Combined

EDR2-Film

92.2 [-]

97.0 [-]

100.0 [-]

12

72.5

93.0

96.8

Combined

Delta4

97.1 [-]

100.0 [-]

100.0 [-]

CDC

        

Pass at 80% pixel level

7

12

12

  

12

12

12

Pass at 90% pixel level

2

11

12

  

9

12

12

Pass at 95% pixel level

2

8

11

  

6

12

12

  1. Abbreviations: RPC: Radiological Physics Center; VPP: Virtual Phantom Project; SD: Standard Deviation; CDC, complex dosimetry checks. Combined: A combined measurement of all fields is made a: measured twice.