利用 PRESAGE/光学 CT 三维剂量测定系统获取全面的放射外科场校准数据。

Toward acquiring comprehensive radiosurgery field commissioning data using the PRESAGE/optical-CT 3D dosimetry system.

机构信息

Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.

出版信息

Phys Med Biol. 2010 Mar 7;55(5):1279-93. doi: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/5/002. Epub 2010 Feb 4.

Abstract

Achieving accurate small field dosimetry is challenging. This study investigates the utility of a radiochromic plastic PRESAGE read with optical-CT for the acquisition of radiosurgery field commissioning data from a Novalis Tx system with a high-definition multileaf collimator (HDMLC). Total scatter factors (Sc, p), beam profiles, and penumbrae were measured for five different radiosurgery fields (5, 10, 20, 30 and 40 mm) using a commercially available optical-CT scanner (OCTOPUS, MGS Research). The percent depth dose (PDD), beam profile and penumbra of the 10 mm field were also measured using a higher resolution in-house prototype CCD-based scanner. Gafchromic EBT film was used for independent verification. Measurements of Sc, p made with PRESAGE and film agreed with mini-ion chamber commissioning data to within 4% for every field (range 0.2-3.6% for PRESAGE, and 1.6-3.6% for EBT). PDD, beam profile and penumbra measurements made with the two PRESAGE/optical-CT systems and film showed good agreement with the high-resolution diode commissioning measurements with a competitive resolution (0.5 mm pixels). The in-house prototype optical-CT scanner allowed much finer resolution compared with previous applications of PRESAGE. The advantages of the PRESAGE system for small field dosimetry include 3D measurements, negligible volume averaging, directional insensitivity, an absence of beam perturbations, energy and dose rate independence.

摘要

实现精确的小野剂量测定具有挑战性。本研究探讨了使用光 CT 读取的光致变色塑料 PRESAGE 从具有高清多叶准直器 (HDMLC) 的 Novalis Tx 系统获取放射外科野定标数据的实用性。使用商业上可获得的光学 CT 扫描仪 (OCTOPUS,MGS Research) 测量了五个不同放射外科野 (5、10、20、30 和 40 mm) 的总散射因子 (Sc,p)、束流轮廓和半影。使用更高分辨率的内部原型 CCD 基扫描仪还测量了 10 mm 野的百分深度剂量 (PDD)、束流轮廓和半影。Gafchromic EBT 胶片用于独立验证。使用 PRESAGE 和胶片进行的 Sc、p 测量与迷你离子室定标数据的一致性在每个野内为 4%(PRESAGE 为 0.2-3.6%,EBT 为 1.6-3.6%)。使用两个 PRESAGE/光学 CT 系统和胶片进行的 PDD、束流轮廓和半影测量与具有竞争力分辨率 (0.5 毫米像素) 的高分辨率二极管定标测量具有很好的一致性。与 PRESAGE 的先前应用相比,内部原型光学 CT 扫描仪允许更精细的分辨率。PRESAGE 系统用于小野剂量测定的优点包括 3D 测量、可忽略的体积平均、方向不敏感、不存在束流干扰、能量和剂量率独立性。

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