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An Empirical Approach to Dosimetric Effect of Carbon Fiber Couch for Flattening Filter Free Beam of Elekta LINAC

  • Ahn, Sohyun (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Park, Kwangwoo (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Jinsung (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Ho (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Yoon, Jeongmin (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Lee, Eungman (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Park, Sohyun (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Park, Jeongeun (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Kim, Juhye (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University) ;
  • Keum, Ki Chang (Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University)
  • Received : 2016.12.13
  • Accepted : 2016.12.20
  • Published : 2016.12.31
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Abstract

Generally, it is recommended that the dosimetric effect of carbon fiber couch should be considered especially for an intensity-modulated therapy with a large portion of monitor units from posterior angles. Even a flattening filter free (FFF) beam has been used for stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), the effect of carbon fiber couch for FFF beam is not well known. This work is an effort to evaluate the dosimetric effect of carbon fiber couch for flattened and FFF beam of Elekta linac empirically. The absorbed doses were measured with Farmer type chamber and water-equivalent phantoms with and without couch. And differences of the absorbed doses between with and without couch defined as "couch effect". By comparing calculated dose in treatment planning system (TPS) with measured dose, the optimal density of couch was evaluated. Finally, differences on patient's skin dose and target dose by couch were evaluated in TPS. As a result, the couch effect for 6 and 10 MV flattened beam were -2.71% and -2.32%, respectively. These values were agreed with provided data by vendor within 0.5%. The couch effect for 6 and 10 MV FFF beam were -3.75% and -2.80%, respectively. The patient's skin dose was increased as 18.6% and target dose was decreased as 0.87%, respectively. It was realized that the couch effect of FFF beam was more severe than that of flattened beam. Patient's skin dose and target dose were changed by the couch effect.

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