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3-Dimensional Verification Technique for Target Point Error  

Lee, Kyung-Nam (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
Lee, Dong-Joon (Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Inje University)
Suh, Tae-Suk (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine)
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Progress in Medical Physics / v.22, no.1, 2011 , pp. 35-41 More about this Journal
Abstract
For overall system test, hidden-target test have been used using film which leads to inherent analysis error. The purpose of our study is to quantify this error and to propose gel dosimeter based verification technique for 3-dimensional target point error. The phantom was made for simulation of human head and this has ability to equip 10 gel-dosimeter. $BANGkit^{TM}$ which we are able to manufacture whenever it is needed as well as to easily change the container with different shapes was used as a gel dosimeter. The 10 targets were divided into two groups based on shapes of areas with a planned 50% isodose line. All treatment and analysis was performed three times using Novalis and $BrainSCAN^{TM}$. The target point error is $0.77{\pm}0.15mm$ for 10 targets and directional target point error in each direction is $0.54{\pm}0.23mm$, $0.37{\pm}0.08mm$, $0.33{\pm}0.10mm$ in AP (anterior-posterior), LAT (lateral), and VERT (vertical) direction, respectively. The result of less than 1 mm shows that the treatment was performed through each precise step in treatment procedure. In conclusion, the 3-dimensional target point verification technique can be one of the techniques for overall system test.
Keywords
Overall system test; Gel dosimetry; Target point error;
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