pylinac 0.7.0

A toolkit for performing TG-142 QA-related tasks on a linear accelerator

Pylinac provides TG-142 quality assurance (QA) tools to Python programmers as well as non-programmers in the field of therapy medical physics. The package comes in two flavors: source-level and web app. The source-level allows programmers and those familiar with Python to create custom tests with pylinac while the web app is for those who don’t want or don’t know how to program.

Below are the tools currently available; tools will be added one at a time as they are developed.

• Starshot Analysis -

  A tool for analyzing film or superimposed EPID images for gantry, collimator, or MLC star (aka spoke) shots. Can determine the minimum circle that touches all the radiation spokes (wobble). Based on ideas from Depuydt et al and Gonzalez et al and evolutionary optimization.

• VMAT QA -

  A module for analyzing EPID images after performing the Varian RapidArc QA tests, specifically the Dose Rate & Gantry Speed (DRGS) and MLC Speed (MLCS) tests. Can load the open and MLC field images and calculate segment ratios as per the Varian specs.

• CT & CBCT QA -

  A module to automatically analyze DICOM images of a CatPhan 504. Automatically finds the phantom and corrects positioning in all 6 degrees of freedom. Analysis is based on test descriptions in the manual and analyzes HU linearity and image scaling (CTP404), high-contrast line pairs to determine MTF (CTP528), and HU uniformity (CTP486).

• Log Analysis -

  This module reads Varian logs, both Dynalogs and Trajectory logs and allows exploration of all axes measured. A single log can be analyzed as well as batch processing. Trajectory log versions 2.1 and 3.0 are both covered.

• Picket Fence MLC Analysis -

  This module will analyze EPID MLC picket fence images, allowing for both a passed tolerance as well as an action tolerance. A semi-transparent overlay allows for quick pass/warn/fail assessment.

• Flatness/Symmetry Analysis -

  Analysis of Flatness & Symmetry of film or EPID images. Multiple equation definitions, in/cross plane.

Documentation

To get started, install, run the demos, view the API docs, and learn the module design, visit the Full Documentation on Read The Docs.

Discussion

Have questions? Ask them here on the pylinac forum.

Contributing

Contributions to pylinac can be many. The most useful things a non-programmer can contribute are images to analyze and bug reports. If you have VMAT images, starshot images, machine log files, CBCT DICOM files, or anything else you want analyzed, email or share them via Dropbox, Google Drive, etc: jkerns at gmail.com