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http://dx.doi.org/10.17946/JRST.2016.39.4.17

Evaluation of DQA for Tomotherapy using 3D Volumetric Phantom  

Lee, Sang-Uk (Dept. of Radiation Oncology, Catholic University of Incheon St. Mary's Hospital)
Kim, Jeong-Koo (Dept. of Radiological Science, Hanseo University)
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Journal of radiological science and technology / v.39, no.4, 2016 , pp. 607-614 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study investigates the necessity of 3 dimensional dose distribution evaluation instead of point dose and 2 dimensional dose distribution evaluation. Treatment plans were generated on the RANDO phantom to measure the precise dose distribution of the treatment site 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5, 3 cm with the prescribed dose; 1,200 cGy, 5 fractions. Gamma analysis (3%/3 mm, 2%/2 mm) of dose distribution was evaluated with gafchromic EBT2 film and ArcCHECK phantom. The average error of absolute dose was measured at $0.76{\pm}0.59%$ and $1.37{\pm}0.76%$ in cheese phantom and ArcCHECK phantom respectively. The average passing ratio for 3%/3 mm were $97.72{\pm}0.02%$ and $99.26{\pm}0.01%$ in gafchromic EBT2 film and ArcCHECK phantom respectively. The average passing ratio for 2%/2 mm were $94.21{\pm}0.02%$ and $93.02{\pm}0.01%$ in gafchromic EBT2 film and ArcCHECK phantom respectively. There was a more accurate dose distribution of 3D volume phantom than cheese phantom in patients DQA using tomotherapy. Therefor it should be evaluated simultaneously 3 dimensional dose evaluation on target and peripheral area in rotational radiotherapy such as tomotherapy.
Keywords
DQA; tomotherapy; 3D volume phantom; 3D dose evaluation;
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