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The advent of improved digital imaging modalities in diagnostic and therapy is fast making conventional films a nonexistent entity. However, several radiotherapy centers still persist with film for performing quality assurance (QA) tests. This paper investigates the feasibility of using a diagnostic computed radiography (CR) system as a QA tool in radiotherapy. QA tests such as light field congruence, field size verification, determination of radiation isocentre size, multileaf collimator (MLC) check and determination of isocentric shift for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) were performed and compared with film. The maximum variation observed between CR and film was 0.4 mm for field size verification, −0.13 mm for the radiation isocentre size check, 0.77 for MLC check and −0.1 mm for isocentric shift using the Winston Lutz test tool for SRS QA. From these results obtained with the CR it is concluded that a diagnostic CR system can be an excellent cost-effective digital alternative to therapy film as a tool for QA in radiotherapy.
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Peace, T., Subramanian, B. & Ravindran, P. An experimental study on using a diagnostic computed radiography system as a quality assurance tool in radiotherapy. Australas. Phys. Eng. Sci. Med. 31, 226–234 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03179349
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