Measuring the dose in bone for spine stereotactic body radiotherapy.
Dose to medium
Dosimetry
Dosimetry audit
Quality assurance
SBRT
Journal
Physica medica : PM : an international journal devoted to the applications of physics to medicine and biology : official journal of the Italian Association of Biomedical Physics (AIFB)
ISSN: 1724-191X
Titre abrégé: Phys Med
Pays: Italy
ID NLM: 9302888
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Apr 2021
Apr 2021
Historique:
received:
02
11
2020
revised:
08
02
2021
accepted:
05
03
2021
pubmed:
29
3
2021
medline:
29
6
2021
entrez:
28
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Current quality assurance of radiotherapy involving bony regions generally utilises homogeneous phantoms and dose calculations, ignoring the challenges of heterogeneities with dosimetry problems likely occurring around bone. Anthropomorphic phantoms with synthetic bony materials enable realistic end-to-end testing in clinical scenarios. This work reports on measurements and calculated corrections required to directly report dose in bony materials in the context of comprehensive end-to-end dosimetry audit measurements (63 plans, 6 planning systems). Radiochromic film and microDiamond measurements were performed in an anthropomorphic spine phantom containing bone equivalent materials. Medium dependent correction factors, k For D Monte Carlo simulations provide a method for correcting the dose measured in bony materials allowing more accurate comparison with treatment planning system doses. In verification measurements, algorithm specific correction factors should be applied to account for variations in bony material for calculations based on D
Identifiants
pubmed: 33773909
pii: S1120-1797(21)00127-7
doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.03.011
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
265-273Informations de copyright
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