Hiroyuki Okamoto, Akihisa Wakita, Kensuke Tani, Satoshi Kito, Masahiko Kurooka, Takumi Kodama, Naoki Tohyama, Yukio Fujita, Satoshi Nakamura, Kotaro Iijima, Takahito Chiba, Hiroki Nakayama, Miyuki Murata, Tomonori Goka, Hiroshi Igaki
Previous plan competitions have largely focused on dose metric assessments. However, whether the submitted plans were realistic and reasonable from a quality assurance (QA) perspective remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between aperture-based plan complexity metrics (PCM) in volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) competition plans and clinical treatment plans verified through patient-specific QA (PSQA). In addition, the association of PCMs with plan quality was examined. A head and neck (HN) plan competition was held for Japanese institutions from June 2019 to July 2019, in which 210 competition plans were submitted...
February 16, 2024: Medical Dosimetry: Official Journal of the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists