Sun JC, Hsieh BT, Cheng CW, Hsieh CM, Tsang YW, Cheng KY. Using NIPAM gel dosimeter and concentric swing machine to simulate the dose distribution during breathing: A feasibility study.
Technol Health Care 2022;
30:123-133. [PMID:
35124590 PMCID:
PMC9028686 DOI:
10.3233/thc-228012]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND:
Radiotherapy plays an important role in cancer treatment today. Successful radiotherapy includes precise positioning and accurate dosimetry.
OBJECTIVE:
To use NIPAM gel dosimeter and concentric swing machine to simulate and evaluate the feasibility of lung or upper abdominal tumor dose distribution during breathing.
METHODS:
We used a concentric swing machine to simulate actual radiotherapy for lung or upper abdomen tumors. A 4 × 4 cm2 irradiation field area was set and MRI was performed. Next, readout analysis was performed using MATLAB and the 3 mm, 3% gamma passing rate > 95% was used as a basis for evaluation.
RESULTS:
The concentric dynamic dose curve for a simulated respiratory rate of 3 seconds/breath and 4 × 4 cm2 field was compared with 4 × 4, 3 × 3, and 2 × 2 cm2 treatment planning systems (TPS), and the 3 mm, 3% gamma passing rate was 42.87%, 54.96%, and 49.92%, respectively. Pre-simulation showed that the high-dose region dose curve was similar to the 2 × 2 cm2 TPS result. After appropriate selection and comparison, we found that the 3 mm, 3% gamma passing rate was 97.92% on comparing the > 60% dose curve with the 2 × 2 cm2 TPS.
CONCLUSIONS:
NIPAM gel dosimeter and concentric swing machine use is feasible to simulate dose distribution during breathing and results conforming to clinical evaluation standards.
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