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Evaluation of Beam Modeling Using Collapsed Cone Convolution Algorithm for Dose Calculation in Radiation Treatment Planning System  

Jung, Joo-Young (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea)
Cho, Woong (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea)
Kim, Min-Joo (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea)
Lee, Jeong-Woo (Department of Radiation Oncology, School of Medicine, Konkuk University)
Suh, Tae-Suk (Department of Biomedical Engineering, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Progress in Medical Physics / v.23, no.3, 2012 , pp. 188-198 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to evaluate the accuracy of the collapsed cone convolution (CCC) algorithm for dose calculation in a treatment planning system (TPS), CorePLAN$^{TM}$. We implemented beam models for various setup conditions in TPS and calculated radiation dose using CCC algorithm for 6 MV and 15 MV photon beam in $50{\times}50{\times}50cm^3$ water phantom. Field sizes were $4{\times}4cm^2$, $6{\times}6cm^2$, $10{\times}10cm^2$, $20{\times}20cm^2$, $30{\times}30cm^2$ and $40{\times}40cm^2$ and each case was classified as open beam cases and wedged beam cases, respectively. Generated beam models were evaluated by comparing calculated data and measured data of percent depth dose (PDD) and lateral profile. As a result, PDD showed good agreement within approximately 2% in open beam cases and 3% in wedged beam cases except for build-up region and lateral profile also correspond within approximately 1% in field and 4% in penumbra region. On the other hand, the discrepancies were found approximately 4% in wedged beam cases. This study has demonstrated the accuracy of beam model-based CCC algorithm in CorePLAN$^{TM}$ and the most of results from this study were acceptable according to international standards. Although, the area with large dose difference shown in this study was not significant region in clinical field, the result of our study would open the possibility to apply CorePLAN$^{TM}$ into clinical field.
Keywords
Dose calculation algorithm; Collapsed cone convolution (CCC); Treatment planning system; CorePLAN$^{TM}$; Beam model;
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