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Feasibility of a GATE Monte Carlo platform in a clinical pretreatment QA system for VMAT treatment plans using TrueBeam with an HD120 multileaf collimator.
Lee, Boram; Jeong, Seonghoon; Chung, Kwangzoo; Yoon, Myonggeun; Park, Hee Chul; Han, Youngyih; Jung, Sang Hoon.
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  • Lee B; Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
  • Jeong S; Department of Bio-convergence Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
  • Chung K; Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • Yoon M; Department of Bio-convergence Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, Korea.
  • Park HC; Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • Han Y; Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
  • Jung SH; Department of Health Sciences and Technology,, SAIHST, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea.
J Appl Clin Med Phys ; 20(10): 101-110, 2019 Oct.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31544350
PURPOSE: To evaluate the quality of patient-specific complicated treatment plans, including commercialized treatment planning systems (TPS) and commissioned beam data, we developed a process of quality assurance (QA) using a Monte Carlo (MC) platform. Specifically, we constructed an interface system that automatically converts treatment plan and dose matrix data in digital imaging and communications in medicine to an MC dose-calculation engine. The clinical feasibility of the system was evaluated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A dose-calculation engine based on GATE v8.1 was embedded in our QA system and in a parallel computing system to significantly reduce the computation time. The QA system automatically converts parameters in volumetric-modulated arc therapy (VMAT) plans to files for dose calculation using GATE. The system then calculates dose maps. Energies of 6 MV, 10 MV, 6 MV flattening filter free (FFF), and 10 MV FFF from a TrueBeam with HD120 were modeled and commissioned. To evaluate the beam models, percentage depth dose (PDD) values, MC calculation profiles, and measured beam data were compared at various depths (Dmax , 5 cm, 10 cm, and 20 cm), field sizes, and energies. To evaluate the feasibility of the QA system for clinical use, doses measured for clinical VMAT plans using films were compared to dose maps calculated using our MC-based QA system. RESULTS: A LINAC QA system was analyzed by PDD and profile according to the secondary collimator and multileaf collimator (MLC). Values for MC calculations and TPS beam data obtained using CC13 ion chamber (IBA Dosimetry, Germany) were consistent within 1.0%. Clinical validation using a gamma index was performed for VMAT treatment plans using a solid water phantom and arbitrary patient data. The gamma evaluation results (with criteria of 3%/3 mm) were 98.1%, 99.1%, 99.2%, and 97.1% for energies of 6 MV, 10 MV, 6 MV FFF, and 10 MV FFF, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: We constructed an MC-based QA system for evaluating patient treatment plans and evaluated its feasibility in clinical practice. We observed robust agreement between dose calculations from our QA system and measurements for VMAT plans. Our QA system could be useful in other clinical settings, such as small-field SRS procedures or analyses of secondary cancer risk, for which dose calculations using TPS are difficult to verify.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Aceleradores de Partículas / Garantía de la Calidad de Atención de Salud / Planificación de la Radioterapia Asistida por Computador / Método de Montecarlo / Fantasmas de Imagen / Radioterapia de Intensidad Modulada Tipo de estudio: Health_economic_evaluation / Prognostic_studies Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: J Appl Clin Med Phys Asunto de la revista: BIOFISICA Año: 2019 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Asunto principal: Aceleradores de Partículas / Garantía de la Calidad de Atención de Salud / Planificación de la Radioterapia Asistida por Computador / Método de Montecarlo / Fantasmas de Imagen / Radioterapia de Intensidad Modulada Tipo de estudio: Health_economic_evaluation / Prognostic_studies Límite: Humans Idioma: En Revista: J Appl Clin Med Phys Asunto de la revista: BIOFISICA Año: 2019 Tipo del documento: Article Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos