Technical note: Application of an optical hydrophone to ionoacoustic range detection in a tissue-mimicking agar phantom.
ionoacoustics
range verification
spot-scanning proton therapy
Journal
Medical physics
ISSN: 2473-4209
Titre abrégé: Med Phys
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0425746
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
21 Dec 2023
21 Dec 2023
Historique:
revised:
07
11
2023
received:
10
07
2023
accepted:
29
11
2023
medline:
21
12
2023
pubmed:
21
12
2023
entrez:
21
12
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
Ionoacoustics is a promising approach to reduce the range uncertainty in proton therapy. A miniature-sized optical hydrophone (OH) was used as a measuring device to detect weak ionoacoustic signals with a high signal-to-noise ratio in water. However, further development is necessary to prevent wave distortion because of nearby acoustic impedance discontinuities while detection is conducted on the patient's skin. A prototype of the probe head attached to an OH was fabricated and the required dimensions were experimentally investigated using a 100-MeV proton beam from a fixed-field alternating gradient accelerator and k-Wave simulations. The beam range of the proton in a tissue-mimicking phantom was estimated by measuring γ-waves and spherical ionoacoustic waves with resonant frequency (SPIRE). Four sizes of probe heads were fabricated from agar blocks for the OH. Using the prototype, the γ-wave was detected at distal and lateral positions to the Bragg peak on the phantom surface for proton beams delivered at seven positions. For SPIRE, independent measurements were performed at distal on- and off-axis positions. The range positions were estimated by solving the linear equation using the sensitive matrix for the γ-wave and linear fitting of the correlation curve for SPIRE; they were compared with those measured using a film. The first peak of the γ-wave was undistorted with the 3 × 3 × 3-cm The attachment of a relatively small-sized probe head allowed the OH to measure the beam range on the phantom surface.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Ionoacoustics is a promising approach to reduce the range uncertainty in proton therapy. A miniature-sized optical hydrophone (OH) was used as a measuring device to detect weak ionoacoustic signals with a high signal-to-noise ratio in water. However, further development is necessary to prevent wave distortion because of nearby acoustic impedance discontinuities while detection is conducted on the patient's skin.
PURPOSE
OBJECTIVE
A prototype of the probe head attached to an OH was fabricated and the required dimensions were experimentally investigated using a 100-MeV proton beam from a fixed-field alternating gradient accelerator and k-Wave simulations. The beam range of the proton in a tissue-mimicking phantom was estimated by measuring γ-waves and spherical ionoacoustic waves with resonant frequency (SPIRE).
METHODS
METHODS
Four sizes of probe heads were fabricated from agar blocks for the OH. Using the prototype, the γ-wave was detected at distal and lateral positions to the Bragg peak on the phantom surface for proton beams delivered at seven positions. For SPIRE, independent measurements were performed at distal on- and off-axis positions. The range positions were estimated by solving the linear equation using the sensitive matrix for the γ-wave and linear fitting of the correlation curve for SPIRE; they were compared with those measured using a film.
RESULTS
RESULTS
The first peak of the γ-wave was undistorted with the 3 × 3 × 3-cm
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The attachment of a relatively small-sized probe head allowed the OH to measure the beam range on the phantom surface.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2023 American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
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