Comparative Study of the Performance of Two Treatment Planning Systems Using Tests from the MPPG 5b Guidelines, TECDOC 1583 and Venselaar's Confidence Limits
This work presents a comprehensive comparative study of the performance of two Treatment Planning Systems (TPS) in radiotherapy: the Eclipse™ TPS by Varian Medical Systems, which utilizes the Analytical Anisotropic Algorithm (AAA), and the MIRS TPS by Nuclemed, which uses the Convolution and Superp...
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This work presents a comprehensive comparative study of the performance of two Treatment Planning Systems (TPS) in radiotherapy: the Eclipse™ TPS by Varian Medical Systems, which utilizes the Analytical Anisotropic Algorithm (AAA), and the MIRS TPS by Nuclemed, which uses the Convolution and Superposition (CS) Algorithm. The evaluation of both systems was conducted following different methods, including point measurements, dose profiles, and measurements on phantoms with heterogeneities. The methodologies recommended by Venselaar, the MPPG 5b protocol by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), and the guidelines of the IAEA TECDOC 1583 for heterogeneity assessment were adopted for this purpose.The results indicated that the Eclipse™ system showed better overall performance in water measurements, with lower variability and greater compliance with gamma criteria (average above 95% in 3%, 2 mm profile tests). For the heterogeneity tests, Eclipse showed weakness in lung measurements, while MIRS encountered difficulty in bone calculations for our beam model and under the evaluation conditions of TECDOC 1583.
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| spelling | doaj-art-cdd754f132834fc88b6f1cda1e377b822025-08-20T02:41:42ZengBrazilian Radiation Protection Society (Sociedade Brasileira de Proteção Radiológica, SBPR)Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences2319-06122025-04-0113210.15392/2319-0612.2025.28152440Comparative Study of the Performance of Two Treatment Planning Systems Using Tests from the MPPG 5b Guidelines, TECDOC 1583 and Venselaar's Confidence LimitsCarlos Vega D'Espaux0Federico Lorenzo1Franco La Paz Mastandrea2https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3760-3976Nicolás Larragueta3Universidad Nacional De Costa Rica Departamento de Radioterapia, Hospital de ClínicasCentro Hospitalario Pereira RossellUniversidad Nacional De Entre Ríos This work presents a comprehensive comparative study of the performance of two Treatment Planning Systems (TPS) in radiotherapy: the Eclipse™ TPS by Varian Medical Systems, which utilizes the Analytical Anisotropic Algorithm (AAA), and the MIRS TPS by Nuclemed, which uses the Convolution and Superposition (CS) Algorithm. The evaluation of both systems was conducted following different methods, including point measurements, dose profiles, and measurements on phantoms with heterogeneities. The methodologies recommended by Venselaar, the MPPG 5b protocol by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM), and the guidelines of the IAEA TECDOC 1583 for heterogeneity assessment were adopted for this purpose.The results indicated that the Eclipse™ system showed better overall performance in water measurements, with lower variability and greater compliance with gamma criteria (average above 95% in 3%, 2 mm profile tests). For the heterogeneity tests, Eclipse showed weakness in lung measurements, while MIRS encountered difficulty in bone calculations for our beam model and under the evaluation conditions of TECDOC 1583. https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/2815Radiotherapy Treatment Planning System Validation EclipseMIRS |
| spellingShingle | Carlos Vega D'Espaux Federico Lorenzo Franco La Paz Mastandrea Nicolás Larragueta Comparative Study of the Performance of Two Treatment Planning Systems Using Tests from the MPPG 5b Guidelines, TECDOC 1583 and Venselaar's Confidence Limits Brazilian Journal of Radiation Sciences Radiotherapy Treatment Planning System Validation Eclipse MIRS |
| title | Comparative Study of the Performance of Two Treatment Planning Systems Using Tests from the MPPG 5b Guidelines, TECDOC 1583 and Venselaar's Confidence Limits |
| title_full | Comparative Study of the Performance of Two Treatment Planning Systems Using Tests from the MPPG 5b Guidelines, TECDOC 1583 and Venselaar's Confidence Limits |
| title_fullStr | Comparative Study of the Performance of Two Treatment Planning Systems Using Tests from the MPPG 5b Guidelines, TECDOC 1583 and Venselaar's Confidence Limits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative Study of the Performance of Two Treatment Planning Systems Using Tests from the MPPG 5b Guidelines, TECDOC 1583 and Venselaar's Confidence Limits |
| title_short | Comparative Study of the Performance of Two Treatment Planning Systems Using Tests from the MPPG 5b Guidelines, TECDOC 1583 and Venselaar's Confidence Limits |
| title_sort | comparative study of the performance of two treatment planning systems using tests from the mppg 5b guidelines tecdoc 1583 and venselaar s confidence limits |
| topic | Radiotherapy Treatment Planning System Validation Eclipse MIRS |
| url | https://bjrs.org.br/revista/index.php/REVISTA/article/view/2815 |
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