Use of Electronic Portal Image Detectors for Quality Assurance of Advanced Treatments

Abstract

As the complexity of radiation therapy has increased, the need for quantitative dosimetric evaluation of treatment delivery has also increased. A growing number of investigations have expanded the use of EPIDs from anatomic applications to dosimetric verification. This work focuses on the applications of EPIDs for pre-treatment dosimetric verification of IMRT and intensity modulated arc therapy techniques. The advantages and disadvantages of these techniques are discussed along with methods to extrapolate to 3D dose verification applications.