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Addo DA, Kaufmann EE, Tagoe SN, Kyere AK. Characterization of GafChromic EBT2 film dose measurements using a tissue-equivalent water phantom for a Theratron® Equinox Cobalt-60 teletherapy machine. PLoS One 2022; 17:e0271000. [PMID: 35984784 PMCID: PMC9390906 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0271000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 06/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Purpose
In vivo dosimetry is a quality assurance tool that provides post-treatment measurement of the absorbed dose as delivered to the patient. This dosimetry compares the prescribed and measured dose delivered to the target volume. In this study, a tissue-equivalent water phantom provided the simulation of the human environment. The skin and entrance doses were measured using GafChromic EBT2 film for a Theratron® Equinox Cobalt-60 teletherapy machine.
Methods
We examined the behaviors of unencapsulated films and custom-made film encapsulation. Films were cut to 1 cm × 1 cm, calibrated, and used to assess skin dose depositions and entrance dose. We examined the response of the film for variations in field size, source to skin distance (SSD), gantry angle and wedge angle.
Results
The estimated uncertainty in EBT2 film for absorbed dose measurement in phantom was ±1.72%. Comparison of the measurements of the two film configurations for the various irradiation parameters were field size (p = 0.0193, α = 0.05, n = 11), gantry angle (p = 0.0018, α = 0.05, n = 24), SSD (p = 0.1802, α = 0.05, n = 11) and wedge angle (p = 0.6834, α = 0.05, n = 4). For a prescribed dose of 200 cGy and at reference conditions (open field 10 cm x 10 cm, SSD = 100 cm, and gantry angle = 0º), the measured skin dose using the encapsulation material was 70% while that measured with the unencapsulated film was 24%. At reference irradiation conditions, the measured skin dose using the unencapsulated film was higher for open field configurations (24%) than wedged field configurations (19%). Estimation of the entrance dose using the unencapsulated film was within 3% of the prescribed dose.
Conclusions
GafChromic EBT2 film measurements were significantly affected at larger field sizes and gantry angles. Furthermore, we determined a high accuracy in entrance dose estimations using the film.
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Affiliation(s)
- Daniel Akwei Addo
- Department of Computer Engineering, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering Sciences, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
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- National Radiotherapy Oncology and Nuclear Medicine Centre, Korle-Bu, Accra, Ghana
- School of Biomedical and Allied health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
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- Medical Physics Department, Graduate School of Nuclear and Allied Sciences, University of Ghana, Atomic, Accra, Ghana
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Shameem T, Bennie N, Butson M, Thwaites D. Effect of scanner lens on lateral response artefact in radiochromic film dosimetry. Phys Eng Sci Med 2022; 45:721-727. [PMID: 35635609 PMCID: PMC9448687 DOI: 10.1007/s13246-022-01136-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Radiochromic film is a good dosimeter choice for patient QA for complex treatment techniques because of its near tissue equivalency, high spatial resolution and established method of use. Commercial scanners are typically used for film dosimetry, with Epson scanners being the most common. Radiochromic film dosimetry is not straightforward having some well-defined problems which must be considered, one of the main ones being the Lateral Response Artefact (LRA) effect. Previous studies showed that the contributing factors to LRA are from the structure of the active ingredients of the film and the components and construction of the flatbed scanner. This study investigated the effect of the scanner lens on the LRA effect, as part of a wider investigation of scanner design effects and uncertainties. Gafchromic EBT3 films were irradiated with 40 × 40 cm2 field size 6 MV beams. Films were analysed using images captured by a Canon 7D camera utilising 18 mm, 50 mm and 100 mm focal length lenses compared to images scanned with a conventional Epson V700 scanner. The magnitude of the LRA was observed to be dependent on the focal length of the lens used to image the film. A substantial reduction in LRA was seen with the use of the 50 mm and 100 mm lenses, by factors of 3–5 for the 50 mm lens and 4–30 for the 100 mm lens compared to conventional desktop scanner techniques. This is expected to be from the longer focal length camera lens system being able to collect more light from distant areas compared to the scanner-based system. This provides an opportunity to design film dosimetry systems that minimise this artefact.
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- Tarafder Shameem
- North Coast Cancer Institute, Lismore, NSW, Australia.
- Institute of Medical Physics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- North Coast Cancer Institute, Lismore, NSW, Australia
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- Institute of Medical Physics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- EPA, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- Institute of Medical Physics, School of Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Kairn T, Talkhani S, Charles PH, Chua B, Lin CY, Livingstone AG, Maxwell SK, Poroa T, Simpson-Page E, Spelleken E, Vo M, Crowe SB. Determining tolerance levels for quality assurance of 3D printed bolus for modulated arc radiotherapy of the nose. Phys Eng Sci Med 2021; 44:1187-1199. [PMID: 34529247 DOI: 10.1007/s13246-021-01054-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2021] [Accepted: 08/31/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
Given the existing literature on the subject, there is obviously a need for specific advice on quality assurance (QA) tolerances for departments using or implementing 3D printed bolus for radiotherapy treatments. With a view to providing initial suggested QA tolerances for 3D printed bolus, this study evaluated the dosimetric effects of changes in bolus geometry and density, for a particularly common and challenging clinical situation: specifically, volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) treatment of the nose. Film-based dose verification measurements demonstrated that both the AAA and the AXB algorithms used by the Varian Eclipse treatment planning system (Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, USA) were capable of providing sufficiently accurate dose calculations to allow this planning system to be used to evaluate the effects of bolus errors on dose distributions from VMAT treatments of the nose. Thereafter, the AAA and AXB algorithms were used to calculate the dosimetric effects of applying a range of simulated errors to the design of a virtual bolus, to identify QA tolerances that could be used to avoid clinically significant effects from common printing errors. Results were generally consistent, whether the treatment target was superficial and treated with counter-rotating coplanar arcs or more-penetrating and treated with noncoplanar arcs, and whether the dose was calculated using the AAA algorithm or the AXB algorithm. The results of this study suggest the following QA tolerances are advisable, when 3D printed bolus is fabricated for use in photon VMAT treatments of the nose: bolus relative electron density variation within [Formula: see text] (although an action level at [Formula: see text] may be permissible); bolus thickness variation within [Formula: see text] mm (or 0.5 mm variation on opposite sides); and air gap between bolus and skin [Formula: see text] mm. These tolerances should be investigated for validity with respect to other treatment modalities and anatomical sites. This study provides a set of baselines for future comparisons and a useful method for identifying additional or alternative 3D printed bolus QA tolerances.
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- T Kairn
- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. .,Herston Biofabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. .,School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. .,School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Herston Biofabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- GenesisCare Rockhampton, Rockhampton Hospital, Rockhampton, QLD, Australia
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- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,Herston Biofabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.,School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Cleland S, Chan P, Chua B, Crowe SB, Dawes J, Kenny L, Lin C, Obereigner E, Peet SC, Trapp JV, Poroa T, Kairn T. Dosimetric evaluation of a patient-specific 3D-printed oral positioning stent for head-and-neck radiotherapy. Phys Eng Sci Med 2021; 44:887-899. [PMID: 34110611 DOI: 10.1007/s13246-021-01025-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2021] [Accepted: 06/03/2021] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
As head-and-neck radiotherapy treatments become more complex and sophisticated, and the need to control and stabilise the positioning of intra-oral anatomy becomes more important, leading the increasing use of oral positioning stents during head-and-neck radiotherapy simulation and delivery. As an alternative to the established practice of creating oral positioning stents using wax, this study investigated the use of a 3D printing technique. An Ender 5 3D printer (Creality 3D, Shenzhen, China) was used, with PLA+ "food-safe" polylactic acid filament (3D Fillies, Dandenong South, Australia), to produce a low-density 3D printed duplicate of a conventional wax stent. The physical and dosimetric effects of the two stents were evaluated using radiochromic film in a solid head phantom that was modified to include flexible parts. The Varian Eclipse treatment planning system (Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, USA) was used to calculate the dose from two different head-and-neck treatment plans for the phantom with each of the two stents. Examination of the resulting four dose distributions showed that both stents effectively pushed sensitive oral tissues away from the treatment targets, even though most of the phantom was solid. Film measurements confirmed the accuracy of the dose calculations from the treatment planning system, despite the steep density gradients in the treated volume, and demonstrated that the 3D print could be a suitable replacement for the wax stent. This study demonstrated a useful method for dosimetrically testing novel oral positioning stents. We recommend the development of flexible phantoms for future studies.
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- Susannah Cleland
- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia.,Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia.,Herston Bifabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia.,Radiation Oncology Princess Alexandra Hospital Raymond Terrace, South Brisbane, QLD, 4101, Australia
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- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia.,University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia.,University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia.,Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia.,Herston Bifabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia.,University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia
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- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia.,University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia.,University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia
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- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia.,Herston Bifabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia
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- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia.,Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
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- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia
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- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia.,Herston Bifabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia
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- Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia. .,Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4001, Australia. .,Herston Bifabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, QLD, 4029, Australia. .,University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, 4072, Australia.
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Das IJ, Francescon P, Moran JM, Ahnesjö A, Aspradakis MM, Cheng CW, Ding GX, Fenwick JD, Saiful Huq M, Oldham M, Reft CS, Sauer OA. Report of AAPM Task Group 155: Megavoltage photon beam dosimetry in small fields and non-equilibrium conditions. Med Phys 2021; 48:e886-e921. [PMID: 34101836 DOI: 10.1002/mp.15030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Revised: 05/06/2021] [Accepted: 06/02/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
Abstract
Small-field dosimetry used in advance treatment technologies poses challenges due to loss of lateral charged particle equilibrium (LCPE), occlusion of the primary photon source, and the limited choice of suitable radiation detectors. These challenges greatly influence dosimetric accuracy. Many high-profile radiation incidents have demonstrated a poor understanding of appropriate methodology for small-field dosimetry. These incidents are a cause for concern because the use of small fields in various specialized radiation treatment techniques continues to grow rapidly. Reference and relative dosimetry in small and composite fields are the subject of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) dosimetry code of practice that has been published as TRS-483 and an AAPM summary publication (IAEA TRS 483; Dosimetry of small static fields used in external beam radiotherapy: An IAEA/AAPM International Code of Practice for reference and relative dose determination, Technical Report Series No. 483; Palmans et al., Med Phys 45(11):e1123, 2018). The charge of AAPM task group 155 (TG-155) is to summarize current knowledge on small-field dosimetry and to provide recommendations of best practices for relative dose determination in small megavoltage photon beams. An overview of the issue of LCPE and the changes in photon beam perturbations with decreasing field size is provided. Recommendations are included on appropriate detector systems and measurement methodologies. Existing published data on dosimetric parameters in small photon fields (e.g., percentage depth dose, tissue phantom ratio/tissue maximum ratio, off-axis ratios, and field output factors) together with the necessary perturbation corrections for various detectors are reviewed. A discussion on errors and an uncertainty analysis in measurements is provided. The design of beam models in treatment planning systems to simulate small fields necessitates special attention on the influence of the primary beam source and collimating devices in the computation of energy fluence and dose. The general requirements for fluence and dose calculation engines suitable for modeling dose in small fields are reviewed. Implementations in commercial treatment planning systems vary widely, and the aims of this report are to provide insight for the medical physicist and guidance to developers of beams models for radiotherapy treatment planning systems.
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- Indra J Das
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Ospedale Di Vicenza, Vicenza, Italy
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- Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Medical Radiation Sciences, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Institute of Radiation Oncology, Cantonal Hospital of Graubünden, Chur, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA
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- Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine and UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Klinik fur Strahlentherapie, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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Review on the feasibility of using PRESAGE® dosimeter in various radiotherapy techniques. JOURNAL OF RADIOTHERAPY IN PRACTICE 2021. [DOI: 10.1017/s1460396920000163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
Abstract
AbstractThe emergence of advanced radiotherapy techniques, such as intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), brachytherapy, conformal radiotherapy, magnetic resonance-guided radiotherapy (MRgRT), stereotactic synchrotron radiotherapy (SSRT) and microbeam radiotherapy (MRT), has increased the importance of the verification of volumetric dose distribution. The verification of dose distribution is usually done by 2D films and 3D gel dosimeters, but PRESAGE® due to its affordability, reproducibility, precision, accuracy, unique dosimetric and physical properties is considered as an effective candidate in providing 3D dose data. PRESAGE® is insensitive to oxygen contamination, machinable and can be molded to a variety of shapes and sizes. It is absorbing rather than scattering light which facilitates high-accuracy readout by optical computed tomography (OP-CT). This review focuses on the feasibility of using PRESAGE® in various complicated radiotherapy techniques by comparing its measured doses with 2D films and treatment planning system (TPS) calculated doses.
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Pimenta EB, Nogueira LB, de Campos TPR. Dose measurements in a thorax phantom at 3DCRT breast radiation therapy. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2021; 26:242-250. [PMID: 34211775 DOI: 10.5603/rpor.a2021.0037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Background The anthropomorphic and anthropometric phantom developed by the research group NRI (Núcleo de Radiações Ionizantes) can reproduce the effects of the interactions of radiation occurring in the human body. The whole internal radiation transport phenomena can be depicted by film dosimeters in breast RT. Our goal was to provide a dosimetric comparison of a radiation therapy (RT) plan in a 4MV 3D-conformal RT (4MV-3DCR T) and experimental data measured in a breast phantom. Materials and methods The RT modality was two parallel opposing fields for the left breast with a prescribed dose of 2.0 Gy in 25 fractions. The therapy planning system (TPS) was performed on CA T3D software. The dose readings at points of interest (POI) pre-established in TPS were recorded. An anthropometric thorax-phantom with removal breast was used. EBT2 radiochromic films were inserted into the ipisilateral breast, contralateral breast, lungs, heart and skin. The irradiation was carried out on 4/80 Varian linear accelerator at 4MV. Results The mean dose at the OAR's presented statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) of 34.24%, 37.96% and 63.47% for ipsilateral lung, contralateral lung, and heart, respectively. The films placed at the skin-surface interface in the ipsilateral breast also showed statistically significant differences (p < 0.001) of 16.43%, -10.16%, -14.79% and 15.67% in the four quadrants, respectively. In contrast, the PTV dosimeters, representative of the left breast volume, encompassed by the electronic equilibrium, presented a non-significant difference with TPS, p = 0.20 and p = 0.90. Conclusion There was a non-significant difference of doses in PTV with electronic equilibrium; although no match is achieved outside electronic equilibrium.
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- Elsa Bifano Pimenta
- Department of Nuclear Engineering, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Charles PH, Crowe SB, Kairn T. Technical Note: Small field dose correction factors for radiochromic film in lung phantoms. Med Phys 2021; 48:2667-2672. [PMID: 33619729 DOI: 10.1002/mp.14799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Revised: 02/02/2021] [Accepted: 02/16/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Radiochromic film has been established as a detector that can be used without the need for perturbation correction factors for small field dosimetry in water. However, perturbation factors in low density media such as lung have yet to be published. This study calculated the factors required to account for the perturbation of radiochromic film when used for small field dosimetry in lung equivalent material. METHOD Monte Carlo simulations were used to calculate dose to Gafchromic EBT3 film when placed inside a lung phantom. The beam simulated had a nominal energy of 6 MV and the field sizes simulated ranged from 10 × 10 mm2 to 30 × 30 mm2 . The lung density simulated was varied between 0.2 and 0.3 g/cm3 . Each simulation was repeated with the film replaced by lung material (the same as the surrounding medium), and the required correction factors for film dosimetry in lung ( D M e d , Q D D e t , Q ) were calculated by dividing the dose in lung by the dose in film. RESULTS For field sizes 30 × 30 mm2 and larger, no correction factors were required. At a 20 × 20 mm2 field size, small corrections were required, but were within the approximate accuracy of film dosimetry (~2%). For a 10 × 10 mm2 field size, significant correction factors need to be applied (0.935 for lung density of 0.20 g/cm3 to 0.963 for lung density of 0.30 g/cm3 ). The values lower than one mean that the film is over-responding. At the "upstream" lung-water interface the correction factors were close to unity; while at the downstream interface the corrections required were marginally smaller to those at the center of lung. One centimeter or more away from the interfaces, the correction factor did not vary as a function distance from the interface (in the beam direction). Away from the central axis (perpendicular to the beam direction), the correction factors increased slightly (away from unity) as a function of off-axis distance, before abruptly changing direction at the penumbra, with the film actually under-responding by ~10% outside the field edges. CONCLUSION Accurate dosimetry of very small fields (15 × 15 mm2 or smaller) using radiochromic film requires correction factors for the perturbation of the film on the surrounding lung material. This correction factor was as high as 6.5% for a 10 × 10 mm2 field size and a density of 0.2 g/cm3 . This will increase if either the density or the field size decrease further. This correction factor does not vary as a function of depth in lung once charged particle equilibrium is established.
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Affiliation(s)
- Paul H Charles
- Herston Biofabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, Queensland, 4029, Australia.,School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.,School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia
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- Herston Biofabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, Queensland, 4029, Australia.,School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.,School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia.,Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, 4029, Australia
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- Herston Biofabrication Institute, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston, Queensland, 4029, Australia.,School of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, 4072, Australia.,School of Chemistry and Physics, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, 4000, Australia.,Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, 4029, Australia
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Svendsen K, Guénot D, Svensson JB, Petersson K, Persson A, Lundh O. A focused very high energy electron beam for fractionated stereotactic radiotherapy. Sci Rep 2021; 11:5844. [PMID: 33712653 PMCID: PMC7971008 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-85451-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
An electron beam of very high energy (50-250 MeV) can potentially produce a more favourable radiotherapy dose distribution compared to a state-of-the-art photon based radiotherapy technique. To produce an electron beam of sufficiently high energy to allow for a long penetration depth (several cm), very large accelerating structures are needed when using conventional radio-frequency technology, which may not be possible due to economical or spatial constraints. In this paper, we show transport and focusing of laser wakefield accelerated electron beams with a maximum energy of 160 MeV using electromagnetic quadrupole magnets in a point-to-point imaging configuration, yielding a spatial uncertainty of less than 0.1 mm, a total charge variation below [Formula: see text] and a focal spot of [Formula: see text]. The electron beam was focused to control the depth dose distribution and to improve the dose conformality inside a phantom of cast acrylic slabs and radiochromic film. The phantom was irradiated from 36 different angles to obtain a dose distribution mimicking a stereotactic radiotherapy treatment, with a peak fractional dose of 2.72 Gy and a total maximum dose of 65 Gy. This was achieved with realistic constraints, including 23 cm of propagation through air before any dose deposition in the phantom.
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, 22100, Lund, Sweden
- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, NotkestraSSe 85, 22607, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Oncology, The Oxford Institute for Radiation Oncology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Radiation Physics, Department of Haematology, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, 22100, Lund, Sweden
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Akino Y, Shiomi H, Isohashi F, Suzuki O, Seo Y, Tamari K, Hirata T, Mizuno H, Ogawa K. Correction of lateral response artifacts from flatbed scanners for dual-channel radiochromic film dosimetry. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2021; 62:319-328. [PMID: 33479768 PMCID: PMC7948896 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rraa124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2020] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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In this study, we evaluated the inter-unit variability of the lateral response artifact for multiple flatbed scanners, focusing on the dual-channel method, and investigated the correction method of the lateral non-uniformity. Four scanners with A3+ paper-size and five scanners with A4 paper-size were evaluated. To generate the dose-response curves, small pieces of the Gafchromic EBT3 and EBT-XD films were irradiated, and five of the pieces were repeatedly scanned by moving them on the scanner to evaluate the lateral non-uniformity. To calculate the dose distribution accounting for the lateral non-uniformity, linear functions of the correction factor, representing the difference between the pixel values at offset position and the scanner midline, were calculated for red and blue color channels at each lateral position. Large variations of the lateral non-uniformity among the scanners were observed, even for the same model of scanner. For high dose, red color showed pixel value profiles similar to symmetric curves, whereas the profiles for low dose were asymmetric. The peak positions changed with dose. With correction of the lateral non-uniformity, the dose profiles of the pyramidal dose distribution measured at various scanner positions and that calculated with a treatment planning system showed almost identical profile shapes at all high-, middle- and low-dose levels. The dual-channel method used in this study showed almost identical dose profiles measured with all A3+ and A4 paper-size scanners at any positions when the corrections were applied for each color channel.
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- Yuichi Akino
- Corresponding author. Oncology Center, Osaka University Hospital, 2-2 (D10), Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan. Tel: (+81) 6-6879-3482; Fax: (+81) 6-6879-3489;
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- Osaka University Graduate School of Meidcine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Osaka University Graduate School of Meidcine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Osaka Heavy Ion Therapy Center, Osaka 540-0008, Japan
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- Osaka University Graduate School of Meidcine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Osaka University Graduate School of Meidcine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Osaka University Graduate School of Meidcine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Osaka University Graduate School of Meidcine, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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Calibration of the EBT3 Gafchromic Film Using HNN Deep Learning. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2021; 2021:8838401. [PMID: 33628820 PMCID: PMC7892216 DOI: 10.1155/2021/8838401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2020] [Revised: 10/22/2020] [Accepted: 01/17/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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To achieve a dose distribution conformal to the target volume while sparing normal tissues, intensity modulation with steep dose gradient is used for treatment planning. To successfully deliver such treatment, high spatial and dosimetric accuracy are crucial and need to be verified. With high 2D dosimetry resolution and a self-development property, the Ashland Inc. product EBT3 Gafchromic film is a widely used quality assurance tool designed especially for this. However, the film should be recalibrated each quarter due to the “aging effect,” and calibration uncertainties always exist between individual films even in the same lot. Recently, artificial neural networks (ANN) are applied to many fields. If a physicist can collect the calibration data, it could be accumulated to be a substantial ANN data input used for film calibration. We therefore use the Keras functional Application Program Interface to build a hierarchical neural network (HNN), with the inputs of net optical densities, pixel values, and inverse transmittances to reveal the delivered dose and train the neural network with deep learning. For comparison, the film dose calculated using red-channel net optical density with power function fitting was performed and taken as a conventional method. The results show that the percentage error of the film dose using the HNN method is less than 4% for the aging effect verification test and less than 4.5% for the intralot variation test; in contrast, the conventional method could yield errors higher than 10% and 7%, respectively. This HNN method to calibrate the EBT film could be further improved by adding training data or adjusting the HNN structure. The model could help physicists spend less calibration time and reduce film usage.
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Kairn T, Lathouras M, Grogan M, Green B, Sylvander SR, Crowe SB. Effects of gas-filled temporary breast tissue expanders on radiation dose from modulated rotational photon beams. Med Dosim 2021; 46:13-20. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2020.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2020] [Revised: 04/29/2020] [Accepted: 06/11/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Niroomand‐Rad A, Chiu‐Tsao S, Grams MP, Lewis DF, Soares CG, Van Battum LJ, Das IJ, Trichter S, Kissick MW, Massillon‐JL G, Alvarez PE, Chan MF. Report of AAPM Task Group 235 Radiochromic Film Dosimetry: An Update to TG‐55. Med Phys 2020; 47:5986-6025. [DOI: 10.1002/mp.14497] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Revised: 09/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Radiation Oncology Northwestern University Memorial Hospital Chicago IL USA
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- New York‐Presbyterian HospitalWeill Cornell Medical Center New York NY USA
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- Instituto de Fisica Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico Mexico City Mexico
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- Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston TX USA
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Basking Ridge NJ USA
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Ansari L, Nasiri N, Aminolroayaei F, Sani KG, Dorri-Giv M, Abedi-Firouzjah R, Sardari D. The Measurement of Thyroid Absorbed dose by Gafchromic™ EBT2 Film and Changes in Thyroid Hormone Levels Following Radiotherapy in Patients with Breast Cancer. JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SIGNALS & SENSORS 2020; 10:42-47. [PMID: 32166076 PMCID: PMC7038746 DOI: 10.4103/jmss.jmss_10_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2019] [Revised: 08/03/2019] [Accepted: 08/06/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Background: Radiotherapy is a main method for the treatment of breast cancer. This study aimed to measure the absorbed dose of thyroid gland using Gafchromic EBT2 film during breast cancer radiotherapy. In addition, the relationship between the absorbed dose and thyroid hormone levels was evaluated. Methods: Forty-six breast cancer patients, with the age ranged between 25 and 35 years, undergoing external radiotherapy were studied. The patients were treated with 6 and 18 MV X-ray beams, and the absorbed thyroid dose was measured by EBT2 film. Thyroid hormone levels, thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), triiodothyronine (T3), and thyroxin (T4), were measured before and after the radiotherapy. Pearson's, Spearman's, and Chi-square tests were performed to evaluate the correlation between the thyroid dose and hormone levels. Results: The mean thyroid dose was 26 ± 9.45 cGy with the range of 7.85–48.35 cGy. There were not any significant differences at thyroid hormone levels between preradiotherapy and postradiotherapy (P > 0.05). There was a significant relationship between increased thyroid absorbed dose and changes in TSH and T4 levels (P < 0.05), but it was not significant in T3 level (P = 0.1). Conclusion: Regarding the results, the thyroid absorbed dose can have an effect on its function. Therefore, the thyroid gland should be considered as an organ at risk in breast cancer radiotherapy.
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- Leyla Ansari
- Department of Radiation Sciences, Faculty of Paramedicine, Yasuj University of Medical Science, Yasuj, Iran
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- Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics and Radiology, School of Allied Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran
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- Department of Radiology, Paramedical School, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran
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- Department of Paramedical, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Physics Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, School of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran
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- Department of Medical Radiation Engineering, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
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Shameem T, Bennie N, Butson M, Thwaites D. A comparison between EPSON V700 and EPSON V800 scanners for film dosimetry. AUSTRALASIAN PHYSICAL & ENGINEERING SCIENCES IN MEDICINE 2020; 43:10.1007/s13246-019-00837-3. [PMID: 31912461 DOI: 10.1007/s13246-019-00837-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2019] [Accepted: 12/16/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Radiochromic film is a good dosimeter choice for patient QA for complex treatment techniques (IMRT, VMAT, SABR, SBRT) because of its near tissue equivalency, very high spatial resolution and established method of use. Commercial scanners are usually used for film dosimetry, among which EPSON scanners are the most common. NCCI have used an EPSON V700 scanner, but recently acquired a new model EPSON V800 scanner. The purpose of this work was to evaluate any differences between these two scanners to consider whether they can be used interchangeably or not. Different aspects of film dosimetry, e.g. lateral response artefact (LRA) effect, orientation effect, scanner response etc., were compared. EBT3 films were irradiated with 40 × 40 cm2 field size 6 MV beams and scanned in both the scanners. The scanned images were read in ImageJ V1.49 software. The data obtained was then copied in MS Excel to compare the scanners. The V800 scanner causes more polarisation, which results in more LRA effect than for the V700 scanner. The responses of the scanners in all three colour channels are not the same for the same film and irradiation. The V800 scanner shows an increase of response of up to 1.6% compared to 3.7% increase in the V700 scanner after scanning a piece of irradiated film 20 times. The scanners cannot be used interchangeably. The correction factors for LRA effect and the calibration curves are different. Further characterisation, evaluation and commissioning is required before clinical use.
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- Tarafder Shameem
- North Coast Cancer Institute, Lismore, NSW, Australia.
- School of Physics, Institute of Medical Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
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- North Coast Cancer Institute, Lismore, NSW, Australia
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- School of Physics, Institute of Medical Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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- School of Physics, Institute of Medical Physics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Kunimoto H, Miura H, Miyazawa M, Hayata M, Matsuura T, Ozawa S, Yamada K, Nagata Y. [Improvement of Nonuniformity on Flatbed Scanner for Radiochromic Film Dosimetry Using Average Correction Factor with Multi-direction Scan Data]. Nihon Hoshasen Gijutsu Gakkai Zasshi 2020; 76:375-384. [PMID: 32307365 DOI: 10.6009/jjrt.2020_jsrt_76.4.375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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In order to correct the lateral effect caused by the light source of the flatbed scanner in the Gafchromic film EBT3, the usefulness of the correction method using the average value of the correction coefficient considering the scan directions were evaluated. EBT3 was scanned from four directions to measure the optical density (OD) of the red, blue, and, red/blue components and the correction coefficient were calculated. For the correction coefficients, average values were calculated for the purpose of use, when the scan directions could not be aligned (average lateral effect correction). Correction accuracy was verified with the pass rate of gamma analysis (3 mm/3%, threshold 30%) of the dose distribution using the EBT3 film irradiated with the step pattern. OD of the red, blue, and, red/blue components in the scanning vertical direction tended to be higher in the center than in the peripheral portion. The pass rate of the step pattern was the red component's before correction, from 26.9 to 45.1% (before correction), from 84.1 to 96.7% (after correction), the red/blue component, from 37.6 to 48.4% (before correction) and from 84.4 to 96.7% (after correction). When using the correction coefficient using the average value, the pass rate was 89.8% for the red component and 94.7% for the red/blue component. The lateral effect correction improves the accuracy of the dose distribution verification, and the correction coefficient using the average value is useful when the scanning direction is different from that at the time of obtaining the dose concentration curve.
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- Haruhide Kunimoto
- Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center(Current address: Department of Diagnostic Radiology /Radiation Oncology, Hiroshima Prefectural Hospital)
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- Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
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- Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center
- Division of Integrated Health Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
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- Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
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- Hiroshima High-Precision Radiotherapy Cancer Center
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University
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Arab-Bafrani Z, Mahani L, Khoshbin-Khoshnazar A, Kermani MZ. Three dimensional film dosimetry of photon beam in small field sizes and beyond the heterogeneous regions using a GAFchromic films array. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2019.108467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The effect of SSD, Field size, Energy and Detector type for Relative Output Factor measurement in small photon beams as compared with Monte Carlo simulation. POLISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING 2019. [DOI: 10.2478/pjmpe-2019-0014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Introduction: Small fields photon dosimetry is associated with many problems. Using the right detector for measurement plays a fundamental role. This study investigated the measurement of relative output for small photon fields with different detectors. It was investigated for three-photon beam energies at SSDs of 90, 95, 100 and 110 cm. As a benchmark, the Monte Carlo simulation was done to calculate the relative output of these small photon beams for the dose in water.
Materials and Methods: 6, 10 and 15 MV beams were delivered from a Synergy LINAC equipped with an Agility 160 multileaf collimator (MLC). A CC01 ion chamber, EFD-3G diode, PTW60019 microdiamond, EBT2 radiochromic film, and EDR2 radiographic film were used to measure the relative output of the linac. Measurements were taken in water for the CC01 ion chamber, EFD-3G diode, and the PTW60019. Films were measured in water equivalent RW3 phantom slabs. Measurements were made for 1 × 1, 2 × 2, 3 × 3, 4 × 4, 5 × 5 and a reference field of 10 × 10 cm2. Field sizes were defined at 100cm SSD. Relative output factors were also compared with Monte Carlo (MC) simulation of the LINAC and a water phantom model. The influence of voxel size was also investigated for relative output measurement. Results and Discussion: The relative output factor (ROF) increased with energy for all fields large enough to have lateral electronic equilibrium (LEE). This relation broke down as the field sizes decreased due to the onset of lateral electronic disequilibrium (LED). The high-density detector, PTW60019 gave the highest ROF for the different energies, with the less dense CC01 giving the lowest ROFs.
Conclusion: These are results compared to MC simulation, higher density detectors give higher ROF values. Relative to water, the ROF measured with the air-chamber remained virtually unchanged. The ROFs, as measured in this study showed little variation due to increased SSDs. The effect of voxel size for the Monte Carlo calculations in water does not lead to significant ROF variation over the small fields studied.
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Baghani HR, Robatjazi M, Mahdavi SR, Nafissi N, Akbari ME. Breast intraoperative electron radiotherapy: Image-based setup verification and in-vivo dosimetry. Phys Med 2019; 60:37-43. [PMID: 31000084 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2019.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2018] [Revised: 02/25/2019] [Accepted: 03/19/2019] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Single fraction nature of intraoperative radiotherapy highly demands a quality assurance procedure to qualify both beam setup and treatment delivery. The aim of this study is to evaluate the treatment setup during breast intraoperative electron radiotherapy (IOERT) and in-vivo dose delivery verification. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-five breast cancer patients were enrolled and setup verification for each case was performed using C-arm imaging. The received dose by surface and distal end of target was measured by EBT2 film. The significance level of difference between obtained dosimetry results and predicted ones was evaluated by the T statistical test. RESULTS Acquired C-arm images in two different oblique views revealed any misalignment between the applicator and shielding disk. The mean difference between the measured surface dose and expected one was 1.8% ± 1.2 (p = 0.983) while a great disagreement, 11.1% ± 1.5 (p < 0.001), was observed between the measured distal end dose and expected one. This discrepancy is mainly correlated to the backscattering effect from the shielding disk. Target depth nonuniformities can also contribute to this remarkable difference. CONCLUSION Employing the intraoperative imaging for IOERT setup verification can considerably improve the treatment quality. Therefore, it is suggested to implement this imaging procedure as a part of treatment quality assurance. Favorable agreement between the predicted and measured surface doses demonstrates the applicability of EBT2 film for dose delivery verification. The results of in-vivo dosimetry showed that the electron backscattering from employed shielding disk can affect the received dose by the distal end of tumor bed.
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- Hamid Reza Baghani
- Physics Department, Hakim Sabzevari University, Shohada-e Hastei Blvd, P.O. 9617976487, Sabzevar, Iran.
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- Department of Medical Physics and Radiological Sciences, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences, Shohada-e Hastei Blvd, Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences Campus, P.O. 9617913112, Sabzevar, Iran; Vasei Radiotherapy & Oncology Center, Vasei Hospital, P.O. 9617913113, Sabzevar, Iran.
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- Department of Medical Physics, Iran University of Medical Sciences. Hemmat Exp. Way, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. 14496141525, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Breast Surgery, Iran University of Medical Sciences. Hemmat Exp. Way, Faculty of Medicine, P.O. 14496141525, Tehran, Iran
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- Cancer Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Shohadaye Tajrrish Hospital, Tajrish Sq., P.O. 19996 14414, Tehran, Iran
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Chang L, Ho SY, Ding HJ, Yeh SA, Chen PY. Calibration of Gafchromic EBT Film Using the Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL Plus Flatbed Scanner with a Modified One Red-Channel after Three-Channel Method. J Med Phys 2019; 44:207-212. [PMID: 31576069 PMCID: PMC6764174 DOI: 10.4103/jmp.jmp_45_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Purpose: Using the Microtek ScanMaker 9800XL Plus (9800XL+) flatbed scanner, a method is presented to accurately calibrate EBT film, which cannot be calibrated simply using a general three-channel method because of the nonhomogeneous scanning. Materials and Methods: Through the percentage-depth-dose method, 6-MV photon beams with two different monitor units were delivered to eight EBT2 films, each of which was tightly sandwiched in a 30-cm cubic polystyrene phantom and positioned parallel to the central axis of the beam. Before and after irradiation, all films were scanned using the Microtek 9800XL+ scanner and the pixel values (PVs) were measured along the central axis of the beam on the film and fitted to the corresponding depth doses. Before calibration, the irradiated film image was first modified using a template matrix, which was generated using the prescanned background images. Then, a modified one red-channel after three-channel method was used to calibrate the film. Results: Without a template matrix, the three-channel method cannot be used because the PVs do not correspond to a rational fitting form. Using the proposed method, the difference between the fitted dose and the delivered dose is <2%. The green channel, and not the red, is found to have the largest dynamic range. Conclusion: The proposed technique allows the use of the three-channel method to calibrate film using a Microtek 9800XL+ scanner.
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- Liyun Chang
- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan.,Department of Radiation Oncology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sinlau Christian Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan
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Dosimetric feasibility of an anthropomorphic three-dimensional PRESAGE ® dosimeter for verification of single entry hybrid catheter accelerated partial breast brachytherapy. JOURNAL OF RADIOTHERAPY IN PRACTICE 2018. [DOI: 10.1017/s1460396918000171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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AbstractPurposeTo determine the feasibility of an anthropomorphic breast polyurethane-based three-dimensional (3D) dosimeter with cavity to measure dose distributions and skin dose for a commercial strut-based applicator strut-adjusted volume implant (SAVI™) 6–1.Materials and methodsAn anthropomorphic breast 3D dosimeter was created with a cavity to accommodate the SAVI™ strut-based device. 2 Gy was prescribed to the breast dosimeter having D95 to planning target volume evaluation (PTV_EVAL) while limiting 125% of the prescribed dose to the skin. Independent dose distribution verification was performed with GAFCHROMIC® EBT2 film. The dose distribution from the 3D dosimeter was compared to the distributions from commercial brachytherapy treatment planning system (TPS) and film. Point skin doses, line profiles and dose–volume histogram (DVHs) for the skin and PTV_EVAL were compared.ResultsThe maximum difference in skin dose for TPS and the 3D dosimeter was 4% whereas 41% between the TPS and EBT2 film. The maximum dose difference for line profiles between TPS, 3D dosimeter, and film was 4·1%. DVHs of skin and PTV_EVAL for TPS and 3D dosimeter differed by a maximum of 4% at 5 mm depth and skin differed by a maximum 1·5% between TPS and 3D dosimeter. The criterion for gamma analysis comparison was 92·5% at ±5%±3 mm criterion. The TPS demonstrated at least ±5% comparability in predicting dose to the skin, PTV_EVAL and normal breast tissue.Conclusions3D anthropomorphic polyurethane dosimeter with cavity gives comparable results to the TPS dose predictions and GAFCHROMIC® EBT2 film results in the context of HDR brachytherapy.
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Crowe SB, Pross Z, Nilsson S, Dawes J, Kairn T, Lancaster CM. Characterisation of radiological properties of a brachytherapy moulding material. AUSTRALASIAN PHYSICAL & ENGINEERING SCIENCES IN MEDICINE 2018; 41:731-737. [PMID: 30128906 DOI: 10.1007/s13246-018-0673-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2017] [Accepted: 08/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The use of a non-water-equivalent personalised mould for gynaecological brachytherapy treatments can result in a substantial dose reduction at the treatment site, compared to calculated dose, in lieu of a dose calculation algorithm capable of modelling non-water-equivalent materials. This study describes the characterisation of the radiological properties of a brachytherapy applicator moulding material. Simple line source correction factors for an 192Ir source are obtained through Monte Carlo simulations and verified by film measurements. The dwell position corrections are used to estimate aggregate correction factors for dose deliveries that involve multiple dwell positions, in terms of treatment length, applicator radii and depth of reference dose. For the Fricotan moulding material used locally, the dose reductions varied from 1% for an applicator radius of 0.5 cm to > 4% for radii exceeding 2 cm. The method described in this paper could be used to develop correction factors for other non-water-equivalent moulding materials, in a TG-43UI dose calculation environment.
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- Scott B Crowe
- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. .,Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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- Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,Nelune Comprehensive Cancer Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Australia
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- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
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Correlation analysis between 2D and quasi-3D gamma evaluations for both intensity-modulated radiation therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy. Oncotarget 2018; 8:5449-5459. [PMID: 27690300 PMCID: PMC5354922 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.12279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 09/21/2016] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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The aim of this work was to investigate correlations between 2D and quasi-3D gamma passing rates. A total of 20 patients (10 prostate cases and 10 head and neck cases, H&N) were retrospectively selected. For each patient, both intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plans were generated. For each plan, 2D gamma evaluation with radiochromic films and quasi-3D gamma evaluation with fluence measurements were performed with both 2%/2 mm and 3%/3 mm criteria. Gamma passing rates were grouped together according to delivery techniques and treatment sites. Statistical analyses were performed to examine the correlation between 2D and quasi-3D gamma evaluations. Statistically significant difference was observed between delivery techniques only in the quasi-3D gamma passing rates with 2%/2 mm. Statistically significant differences were observed between treatment sites in the 2D gamma passing rates (differences of less than 8%). No statistically significant correlations were observed between 2D and quasi-3D gamma passing rates except the VMAT group and the group including both IMRT and VMAT with 3%/3 mm (r = 0.564 with p = 0.012 for theVMAT group and r = 0.372 with p = 0.020 for the group including both IMRT and VMAT), however, those were not strong. No strong correlations were observed between 2D and quasi-3D gamma evaluations.
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Accuracy and efficiency of published film dosimetry techniques using a flat-bed scanner and EBT3 film. AUSTRALASIAN PHYSICAL & ENGINEERING SCIENCES IN MEDICINE 2018; 41:117-128. [DOI: 10.1007/s13246-018-0620-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2017] [Accepted: 01/14/2018] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Dosimetric characterisation of anthropomorphic PRESAGE® dosimeter and EBT2 film for partial breast radiotherapy. JOURNAL OF RADIOTHERAPY IN PRACTICE 2017. [DOI: 10.1017/s1460396917000450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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AbstractPurposeWhole-breast external beam radiotherapy results in significant reduction in the risk for breast cancer-related death, but this may be offset by an increase in deaths from other causes and toxicity to surrounding organs. Partial breast irradiation techniques are approaches that treat only the lumpectomy area rather than the whole breast. Quality assurance in the radiation therapy treatment planning process is essential to ensure accurate dose delivery to the patient. For this purpose, this article compares the results from an anthropomorphic PRESAGE® dosimeter, radiation treatment planning system and from the GAFCHROMIC® EBT2 film.Materials and methodsA breast dosimeter was created and a three-field partial plan was generated in the Pinnacle3 treatment planning system. Dose distribution comparisons were made between Pinnacle3 treatment planning system, GAFCHROMIC® EBT2 film and PRESAGE® dosimeter. Dose–volume histograms (DVHs), gamma maps and line profiles were used to evaluate the comparison.ResultsDVHs of gross tumour volume, clinical tumour volume and planning tumour volume for the PRESAGE® dosimeter and Pinnacle3 treatment planning system shows that both measured and calculated statistics were in agreement, with a value of 97.8% of the prescribed dose. Gamma map comparisons showed that all three distributions passed 95% at the ±3%/±3 mm criteria. Comparisons of isodose line distribution between the PRESAGE® dosimeter, EBT2 film and planning system demonstrated agreement, with an average difference of 1.5%.ConclusionsThis work demonstrated the feasibility of PRESAGE® to function as an anthropomorphic phantom and laid the foundation for research studies in PRESAGE®/optical-computed tomography three-dimensional dosimetry with the most complex anthropomorphic phantoms.
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Crowe SB, Kairn T. Medical physics publishing in a changing research environment: the Australasian Physical & Engineering Sciences in Medicine 40th anniversary editorial. AUSTRALASIAN PHYSICAL & ENGINEERING SCIENCES IN MEDICINE 2017; 40:771-776. [PMID: 29188555 DOI: 10.1007/s13246-017-0602-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Scott B Crowe
- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia. .,Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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- Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Brisbane, Australia.,Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Kim HN, Lee JH, Park HB, Kim HJ, Cho SO. Surface applicator of a miniature X-ray tube for superficial electronic brachytherapy of skin cancer. Med Phys 2017; 45:29-36. [DOI: 10.1002/mp.12656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2017] [Revised: 10/13/2017] [Accepted: 10/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Hyun Nam Kim
- Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Daejeon 305-701 Korea
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- Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Daejeon 305-701 Korea
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- Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Daejeon 305-701 Korea
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- Department of Radiation Oncology; Asan Medical Center; Seoul 05505 Korea
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- Department of Nuclear and Quantum Engineering; Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Daejeon 305-701 Korea
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Aland T, Jhala E, Kairn T, Trapp J. Film dosimetry using a smart device camera: a feasibility study for point dose measurements. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2017; 62:N506-N515. [DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa8b36] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Dosimetric evaluation near lung and soft tissue interface region during respiratory-gated and non-gated radiotherapy: A moving phantom study. Phys Med 2017; 42:39-46. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2017.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2017] [Revised: 07/27/2017] [Accepted: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Li Y, Chen L, Zhu J, Liu X. The combination of the error correction methods of GAFCHROMIC EBT3 film. PLoS One 2017; 12:e0181958. [PMID: 28750023 PMCID: PMC5531657 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0181958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2016] [Accepted: 07/10/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Purpose The aim of this study was to combine a set of methods for use of radiochromic film dosimetry, including calibration, correction for lateral effects and a proposed triple-channel analysis. These methods can be applied to GAFCHROMIC EBT3 film dosimetry for radiation field analysis and verification of IMRT plans. Methods A single-film exposure was used to achieve dose calibration, and the accuracy was verified based on comparisons with the square-field calibration method. Before performing the dose analysis, the lateral effects on pixel values were corrected. The position dependence of the lateral effect was fitted by a parabolic function, and the curvature factors of different dose levels were obtained using a quadratic formula. After lateral effect correction, a triple-channel analysis was used to reduce disturbances and convert scanned images from films into dose maps. The dose profiles of open fields were measured using EBT3 films and compared with the data obtained using an ionization chamber. Eighteen IMRT plans with different field sizes were measured and verified with EBT3 films, applying our methods, and compared to TPS dose maps, to check correct implementation of film dosimetry proposed here. Results The uncertainty of lateral effects can be reduced to ±1 cGy. Compared with the results of Micke A et al., the residual disturbances of the proposed triple-channel method at 48, 176 and 415 cGy are 5.3%, 20.9% and 31.4% smaller, respectively. Compared with the ionization chamber results, the difference in the off-axis ratio and percentage depth dose are within 1% and 2%, respectively. For the application of IMRT verification, there were no difference between two triple-channel methods. Compared with only corrected by triple-channel method, the IMRT results of the combined method (include lateral effect correction and our present triple-channel method) show a 2% improvement for large IMRT fields with the criteria 3%/3 mm.
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- Yinghui Li
- School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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- School of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, People’s Republic of China
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Carson ME, Molineu A, Taylor PA, Followill DS, Stingo FC, Kry SF. Examining credentialing criteria and poor performance indicators for IROC Houston's anthropomorphic head and neck phantom. Med Phys 2017; 43:6491. [PMID: 27908168 DOI: 10.1118/1.4967344] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To analyze the most recent results of the Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core Houston Quality Assurance Center's (IROC-H) anthropomorphic head and neck (H&N) phantom to determine the nature of failing irradiations and the feasibility of altering credentialing criteria. METHODS IROC-H's H&N phantom, used for intensity-modulated radiation therapy credentialing for National Cancer Institute-sponsored clinical trials, requires that an institution's treatment plan agrees within ±7% of measured thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) doses; it also requires that ≥85% of pixels pass ±4 mm distance to agreement (7%/4 mm gamma analysis for film). The authors re-evaluated 156 phantom irradiations (November 1, 2014-October 31, 2015) according to the following tighter criteria: (1) 5% TLD and 5%/4 mm, (2) 5% TLD and 5%/3 mm, (3) 4% TLD and 4%/4 mm, and (4) 3% TLD and 3%/3 mm. Failure rates were evaluated with respect to individual film and TLD performance by location in the phantom. Overall poor phantom results were characterized qualitatively as systematic errors (correct shape and position but wrong magnitude of dose), setup errors/positional shifts, global but nonsystematic errors, and errors affecting only a local region. RESULTS The pass rate for these phantoms using current criteria was 90%. Substituting criteria 1-4 reduced the overall pass rate to 77%, 70%, 63%, and 37%, respectively. Statistical analyses indicated that the probability of noise-induced TLD failure, even at the 5% criterion, was <0.5%. Phantom failures were generally identified by TLD (≥66% failed TLD, whereas ≥55% failed film), with most failures occurring in the primary planning target volume (≥77% of cases). Results failing current criteria or criteria 1 were primarily diagnosed as systematic >58% of the time (11/16 and 21/36 cases, respectively), with a greater extent due to underdosing. Setup/positioning errors were seen in 11%-13% of all failing cases (2/16 and 4/36 cases, respectively). Local errors (8/36 cases) could only be demonstrated at criteria 1. Only three cases of global errors were identified in these analyses. For current criteria and criteria 1, irradiations that failed from film only were overwhelmingly associated with phantom shifts/setup errors (≥80% of cases). CONCLUSIONS This study highlighted that the majority of phantom failures are the result of systematic dosimetric discrepancies between the treatment planning system and the delivered dose. Further work is necessary to diagnose and resolve such dosimetric inaccuracy. In addition, the authors found that 5% TLD and 5%/4 mm gamma criteria may be both practically and theoretically achievable as an alternative to current criteria.
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- Mallory E Carson
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030
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- IROC Houston Quality Assurance Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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- IROC Houston Quality Assurance Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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- IROC Houston Quality Assurance Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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- Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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- IROC Houston Quality Assurance Center, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030
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Jong WL, Ung NM, Vannyat A, Jamalludin Z, Rosenfeld A, Wong JHD. “Edge-on” MOSkin detector for stereotactic beam measurement and verification. Phys Med 2017; 33:127-135. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 12/16/2016] [Accepted: 12/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Measuring dose from radiotherapy treatments in the vicinity of a cardiac pacemaker. Phys Med 2016; 32:1529-1536. [PMID: 27881295 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2016] [Revised: 11/03/2016] [Accepted: 11/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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This study investigated the dose absorbed by tissues surrounding artificial cardiac pacemakers during external beam radiotherapy procedures. The usefulness of out-of-field reference data, treatment planning systems, and skin dose measurements to estimate the dose in the vicinity of a pacemaker was also examined. Measurements were performed by installing a pacemaker onto an anthropomorphic phantom, and using radiochromic film and optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters to measure the dose in the vicinity of the device during the delivery of square fields and clinical treatment plans. It was found that the dose delivered in the vicinity of the cardiac device was unevenly distributed both laterally and anteroposteriorly. As the device was moved distally from the square field, the dose dropped exponentially, in line with out-of-field reference data in the literature. Treatment planning systems were found to substantially underestimate the dose for volumetric modulated arc therapy, helical tomotherapy, and 3D conformal treatments. The skin dose was observed to be either greater or lesser than the dose received at the depth of the device, depending on the treatment site, and so care should be if skin dose measurements are to be used to estimate the dose to a pacemaker. Square field reference data may be used as an upper estimate of absorbed dose per monitor unit in the vicinity of a cardiac device for complex treatments involving multiple gantry angles.
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Effect of verification imaging on in vivo dosimetry results using Gafchromic EBT3 film. Phys Med 2016; 32:1461-1465. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.10.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2016] [Revised: 09/20/2016] [Accepted: 10/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Marroquin EYL, Herrera González JA, Camacho López MA, Barajas JEV, García-Garduño OA. Evaluation of the uncertainty in an EBT3 film dosimetry system utilizing net optical density. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2016; 17:466-481. [PMID: 27685125 PMCID: PMC5874103 DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v17i5.6262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 92] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2015] [Revised: 05/19/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Radiochromic film has become an important tool to verify dose distributions for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and quality assurance (QA) procedures. A new radiochromic film model, EBT3, has recently become available, whose composition and thickness of the sensitive layer are the same as those of previous EBT2 films. However, a matte polyester layer was added to EBT3 to prevent the formation of Newton's rings. Furthermore, the symmetrical design of EBT3 allows the user to eliminate side-orientation dependence. This film and the flatbed scanner, Epson Perfection V750, form a dosimetry system whose intrinsic characteristics were studied in this work. In addition, uncertainties associated with these intrinsic characteristics and the total uncertainty of the dosimetry system were determined. The analysis of the response of the radiochromic film (net optical density) and the fitting of the experimental data to a potential function yielded an uncertainty of 2.6%, 4.3%, and 4.1% for the red, green, and blue channels, respectively. In this work, the dosimetry system presents an uncertainty in resolving the dose of 1.8% for doses greater than 0.8 Gy and less than 6 Gy for red channel. The films irradiated between 0 and 120 Gy show differences in the response when scanned in portrait or landscape mode; less uncertainty was found when using the portrait mode. The response of the film depended on the position on the bed of the scanner, contributing an uncertainty of 2% for the red, 3% for the green, and 4.5% for the blue when placing the film around the center of the bed of scanner. Furthermore, the uniformity and reproducibility radiochromic film and reproducibility of the response of the scanner contribute less than 1% to the overall uncertainty in dose. Finally, the total dose uncertainty was 3.2%, 4.9%, and 5.2% for red, green, and blue channels, respectively. The above uncertainty values were obtained by mini-mizing the contribution to the total dose uncertainty of the film orientation and film homogeneity.
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Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar citation rates: a case study of medical physics and biomedical engineering: what gets cited and what doesn't? AUSTRALASIAN PHYSICAL & ENGINEERING SCIENCES IN MEDICINE 2016; 39:817-823. [PMID: 27578318 DOI: 10.1007/s13246-016-0478-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2016] [Accepted: 08/22/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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There are often differences in a publication's citation count, depending on the database accessed. Here, aspects of citation counts for medical physics and biomedical engineering papers are studied using papers published in the journal Australasian physical and engineering sciences in medicine. Comparison is made between the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar. Papers are categorised into subject matter, and citation trends are examined. It is shown that review papers as a group tend to receive more citations on average; however the highest cited individual papers are more likely to be research papers.
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Small field correction factors for the IBA Razor. Phys Med 2016; 32:1025-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2016] [Revised: 06/09/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Morales JE, Butson M, Crowe SB, Hill R, Trapp JV. An experimental extrapolation technique using the Gafchromic EBT3 film for relative output factor measurements in small x-ray fields. Med Phys 2016; 43:4687. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4958679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Chang L, Ho SY, Lee TF, Yeh SA, Ding HJ, Chen PY. Calibration of EBT2 film using a red-channel PDD method in combination with a modified three-channel technique. Med Phys 2016; 42:5838-47. [PMID: 26429258 DOI: 10.1118/1.4930253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Ashland Inc. EBT2 and EBT3 films are widely used in quality assurance for radiation therapy; however, there remains a relatively high degree of uncertainty [B. Hartmann, M. Martisikova, and O. Jakel, "Homogeneity of Gafchromic EBT2 film," Med. Phys. 37, 1753-1756 (2010)]. Micke et al. (2011) recently improved the spatial homogeneity using all color channels of a flatbed scanner; however, van Hoof et al. (2012) pointed out that the corrected nonuniformity still requires further investigation for larger fields. To reduce the calibration errors and the uncertainty, the authors propose a new red-channel percentage-depth-dose method in combination with a modified three-channel technique. METHODS For the ease of comparison, the EBT2 film image used in the authors' previous study (2012) was reanalyzed using different approaches. Photon beams of 6-MV were delivered to two different films at two different beam on times, resulting in the absorption doses of ranging from approximately 30 to 300 cGy at the vertical midline of the film, which was set to be coincident with the central axis of the beam. The film was tightly sandwiched in a 30(3)-cm(3) polystyrene phantom, and the pixel values for red, green, and blue channels were extracted from 234 points on the central axis of the beam and compared with the corresponding depth doses. The film was first calibrated using the multichannel method proposed by Micke et al. (2010), accounting for nonuniformities in the scanner. After eliminating the scanner and dose-independent nonuniformities, the film was recalibrated via the dose-dependent optical density of the red channel and fitted to a power function. This calibration was verified via comparisons of the dose profiles extracted from the films, where three were exposed to a 60° physical wedge field and three were exposed to composite fields, and all of which were measured in a water phantom. A correction for optical attenuation was implemented, and treatment plans of intensity modulated radiation therapy and volumetric modulated arc therapy were evaluated. RESULTS The method described here demonstrated improved accuracy with reduced uncertainty. The relative error compared with the measurements of a water phantom was less than 1%, and the overall calibration uncertainty was less than 2%. Verification tests revealed that the results were close to those of the authors' previous study, and all differences were within 3%, except those with a high-dose gradient. The gamma pass rates (2%/2 mm) of the treatment plan evaluated using the method described here were greater than 99%, and no obvious stripe patterns were observed in the dose-difference maps. CONCLUSIONS Spatial homogeneity was significantly improved via the calibration method described here. This technique is both convenient and time-efficient because it does not require cutting the film, and only two exposures are necessary.
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- Liyun Chang
- Departments of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
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- Department of Nursing, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan 73657, Taiwan and Department of Radiation Oncology, Chi Mei Medical Center, Liouying, Tainan 73657, Taiwan
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- Medical Physics and Informatics Laboratory, Department of Electronics Engineering, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Kaohsiung 80778, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan and Department of Radiation Oncology, E-Da Hospital, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
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- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung 82445, Taiwan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Sinlau Christian Hospital, Tainan 70142, Taiwan
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Tyler MK, Liu PZY, Lee C, McKenzie DR, Suchowerska N. Small field detector correction factors: effects of the flattening filter for Elekta and Varian linear accelerators. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2016; 17:223-235. [PMID: 27167280 PMCID: PMC5690940 DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v17i3.6059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2015] [Revised: 01/12/2016] [Accepted: 01/11/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Flattening filter‐free (FFF) beams are becoming the preferred beam type for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic ablative radiation therapy (SABR), as they enable an increase in dose rate and a decrease in treatment time. This work assesses the effects of the flattening filter on small field output factors for 6 MV beams generated by both Elekta and Varian linear accelerators, and determines differences between detector response in flattened (FF) and FFF beams. Relative output factors were measured with a range of detectors (diodes, ionization chambers, radiochromic film, and microDiamond) and referenced to the relative output factors measured with an air core fiber optic dosimeter (FOD), a scintillation dosimeter developed at Chris O'Brien Lifehouse, Sydney. Small field correction factors were generated for both FF and FFF beams. Diode measured detector response was compared with a recently published mathematical relation to predict diode response corrections in small fields. The effect of flattening filter removal on detector response was quantified using a ratio of relative detector responses in FFF and FF fields for the same field size. The removal of the flattening filter was found to have a small but measurable effect on ionization chamber response with maximum deviations of less than ±0.9% across all field sizes measured. Solid‐state detectors showed an increased dependence on the flattening filter of up to ±1.6%. Measured diode response was within ±1.1% of the published mathematical relation for all fields up to 30 mm, independent of linac type and presence or absence of a flattening filter. For 6 MV beams, detector correction factors between FFF and FF beams are interchangeable for a linac between FF and FFF modes, providing that an additional uncertainty of up to ±1.6% is accepted. PACS number(s): 87.55.km, 87.56.bd, 87.56.Da
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Investigation of absorption spectra of Gafchromic EBT2 film's components and their impact on UVR dosimetry. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Cho J, Gonzalez-Lepera C, Manohar N, Kerr M, Krishnan S, Cho SH. Quantitative investigation of physical factors contributing to gold nanoparticle-mediated proton dose enhancement. Phys Med Biol 2016; 61:2562-81. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/61/6/2562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kairn T, Papworth D, Crowe SB, Anderson J, Christie DRH. Dosimetric quality, accuracy, and deliverability of modulated radiotherapy treatments for spinal metastases. Med Dosim 2016; 41:258-66. [PMID: 27545010 DOI: 10.1016/j.meddos.2016.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2016] [Revised: 05/23/2016] [Accepted: 06/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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- Tanya Kairn
- Genesis Cancer Care Queensland, Auchenflower, Australia; School of Chemistry, Physics, and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry, Physics, and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; Cancer Care Services, Royal Brisbane and Women׳s Hospital, Herston, Australia
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- Genesis Cancer Care Queensland, Auchenflower, Australia; School of Medicine, Bond University, Robina, Australia
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Reyhan ML, Chen T, Zhang M. Characterization of the effect of MRI on Gafchromic film dosimetry. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2015; 16:325–332. [PMID: 26699587 PMCID: PMC5690986 DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v16i6.5743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2015] [Revised: 08/14/2015] [Accepted: 08/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of Gafchromic film causes perturbation to absolute dosimetry measurements; the purpose of this work was to characterize the perturbation and develop a correction method for it. Three sets of Gafchromic EBT2 film were compared: radiation (control), radiation followed by MR imaging (RAD+B), and MR imaging followed by radiation (B+RAD). The T1‐weighted and T2‐weighted MR imaging was performed using a 1.5T scanner with the films wedged between two chicken legs. Doses from 0 to 800 cGy were delivered with a 6MV linac. The time interval between radiation and MR imaging was less than 10 min. Film calibration was generated from the red channel. Microscopic imaging was performed on two pieces of film. The effect of specific absorption rate (SAR) was determined by exposing another three sets of films to low, medium, and high levels of SAR through a series of pulse sequences. No discernible preferential alignment was detected on the microscopic images of the irradiated film exposed to MRI. No imaging artifacts were introduced by Gafchromic film on any MR images. On average, 4% dose difference was observed between B+RAD or RAD+B and the control, using the same calibration curve. The pixel values between the B+RAD or RAD+B and the control films were found to follow a linear relationship pixel(Control)=1.02×pixel(B+RAD or RAD+B). By applying this correction, the average dose error was reduced to approximately 2%. The SAR experiment revealed a dose overestimation with increasing SAR even when the correction was applied. It was concluded that MR imaging introduces perturbation on Gafchromic film dose measurements by 4% on average, compared to calibrating the film without the presence of MRI. This perturbation can be corrected by applying a linear correction to the pixel values. Additionally, Gafchromic film did not introduce any imaging artifacts in any of the MR images acquired. PACS number: 87.50.cm
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Lewis D, Devic S. Correcting scan-to-scan response variability for a radiochromic film-based reference dosimetry system. Med Phys 2015; 42:5692-701. [DOI: 10.1118/1.4929563] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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Shimamoto H, Sumida I, Kakimoto N, Marutani K, Okahata R, Usami A, Tsujimoto T, Murakami S, Furukawa S, Tetradis S. Evaluation of the scatter doses in the direction of the buccal mucosa from dental metals. J Appl Clin Med Phys 2015; 16:5374. [PMID: 26103496 PMCID: PMC5690131 DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v16i3.5374] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/08/2014] [Revised: 01/15/2015] [Accepted: 01/14/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The presence of dental metals creates radiation dose perturbation due to scattered radiation during radiation therapy for the head and neck region. The purpose of our study was to compare the scatter doses resulting from various dental metals in the direction of the buccal mucosa among a single‐field technique, three‐dimensional conformal radiation therapy (3D CRT), and intensity‐modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) during radiation therapy for the head and neck region. We used nine metal cubes with 10 mm sides, which were placed inside a water phantom. The scatter doses from the cubes in the direction of the buccal mucosa were measured using radiochromic films. The films were placed perpendicularly to the surface of the cubes. The phantom was irradiated with a 4 MV photon energy by a linear accelerator for all techniques. In the single‐field technique, the scatter doses from dental metals showed 3.7%–19.3% dose increases, and gold showed the largest dose increase. In 3D CRT, the scatter doses from dental metals showed 1.4%–6.9% dose increases, which were within the measurement uncertainty (except for gold). In IMRT, the scatter doses from dental metals showed only 1.4%–4.3% dose increases, which were all within the measurement uncertainty. During radiation therapy for the head and neck region, the scatter doses from the tested dental metals in the direction of the buccal mucosa in 3D CRT or IMRT were lower than those using the single‐field technique. However, there were no differences between the scatter doses resulting from particular dental metals in the direction of the buccal mucosa in 3D CRT and those in IMRT, except for gold. PACS number: 87
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Morrison H, Menon G, Sloboda RS. Radiochromic film calibration for low-energy seed brachytherapy dose measurement. Med Phys 2015; 41:072101. [PMID: 24989396 DOI: 10.1118/1.4881146] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Radiochromic film dosimetry is typically performed for high energy photons and moderate doses characterizing external beam radiotherapy (XRT). The purpose of this study was to investigate the accuracy of previously established film calibration procedures used in XRT when applied to low-energy, seed-based brachytherapy at higher doses, and to determine necessary modifications to achieve similar accuracy in absolute dose measurements. METHODS Gafchromic EBT3 film was used to measure radiation doses upwards of 35 Gy from 75 kVp, 200 kVp, 6 MV, and (∼28 keV) I-125 photon sources. For the latter irradiations a custom phantom was built to hold a single I-125 seed. Film pieces were scanned with an Epson 10000XL flatbed scanner and the resulting 48-bit RGB TIFF images were analyzed using both FilmQA Pro software andMATLAB. Calibration curves relating dose and optical density via a rational functional form for all three color channels at each irradiation energy were determined with and without the inclusion of uncertainties in the measured optical densities and dose values. The accuracy of calibration curve variations obtained using piecewise fitting, a reduced film measurement area for I-125 irradiation, and a reduced number of dose levels was also investigated. The energy dependence of the film lot used was also analyzed by calculating normalized optical density values. RESULTS Slight differences were found in the resulting calibration curves for the various fitting methods used. The accuracy of the calibration curves was found to improve at low doses and worsen at high doses when including uncertainties in optical densities and doses, which may better represent the variability that could be seen in film optical density measurements. When exposing the films to doses > 8 Gy, two-segment piecewise fitting was found to be necessary to achieve similar accuracies in absolute dose measurements as when using smaller dose ranges. When reducing the film measurement area for the I-125 irradiations, the accuracy of the calibration curve was degraded due to the presence of localized film heterogeneities. No degradation in the calibration curves was found when reducing the number of calibration points down to only 4, but with piecewise fitting, 6 calibration points as well as a blank film are required. Variations due to photon energy in film optical density of up to 3% were found above doses of 2 Gy. CONCLUSIONS A modified procedure for performing EBT3 film calibration was established for use with low-energy brachytherapy seeds and high dose exposures. The energy dependence between 6 MV and I-125 photons is significant such that film calibrations should be done with an appropriately low-energy source when performing low-energy brachytherapy dose measurements. Two-segment piecewise fitting with the inclusion of errors in measured optical density as well as dose was found to result in the most accurate calibration curves. Above doses of 1 Gy, absolute dose measurements can be made with an accuracy of 1.6% for 6 MV beams and 5.7% for I-125 seed exposures if using the I-125 source for calibration, or 2.3% if using the 75 kVp photon beam for calibration.
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- Hali Morrison
- Department of Medical Physics, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1Z2, Canada and Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R3, Canada
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- Department of Medical Physics, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1Z2, Canada and Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R3, Canada
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- Department of Medical Physics, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1Z2, Canada and Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2R3, Canada
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Asena A, Kairn T, Crowe SB, Trapp JV. Establishing the impact of temporary tissue expanders on electron and photon beam dose distributions. Phys Med 2015; 31:281-5. [PMID: 25693908 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2015.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/24/2014] [Revised: 01/16/2015] [Accepted: 01/19/2015] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE This study investigates the effects of temporary tissue expanders (TTEs) on the dose distributions in breast cancer radiotherapy treatments under a variety of conditions. METHODS Using EBT2 radiochromic film, both electron and photon beam dose distribution measurements were made for different phantoms, and beam geometries. This was done to establish a more comprehensive understanding of the implant's perturbation effects under a wider variety of conditions. RESULTS The magnetic disk present in a tissue expander causes a dose reduction of approximately 20% in a photon tangent treatment and 56% in electron boost fields immediately downstream of the implant. The effects of the silicon elastomer are also much more apparent in an electron beam than a photon beam. CONCLUSIONS Evidently, each component of the TTE attenuates the radiation beam to different degrees. This study has demonstrated that the accuracy of photon and electron treatments of post-mastectomy patients is influenced by the presence of a tissue expander for various beam orientations. The impact of TTEs on dose distributions establishes the importance of an accurately modelled high-density implant in the treatment planning system for post-mastectomy patients.
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- School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia.
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- School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia; Genesis CancerCare Queensland, The Wesley Medical Centre, Suite 1, 40 Chasely St, Auchenflower, QLD 4066, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
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Chan E, Lydon J, Kron T. On the use of Gafchromic EBT3 films for validating a commercial electron Monte Carlo dose calculation algorithm. Phys Med Biol 2015; 60:2091-102. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/5/2091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Jafari SM, Alalawi AI, Hussein M, Alsaleh W, Najem MA, Hugtenburg RP, Bradley DA, Spyrou NM, Clark CH, Nisbet A. Glass beads and Ge-doped optical fibres as thermoluminescence dosimeters for small field photon dosimetry. Phys Med Biol 2014; 59:6875-89. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/22/6875] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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