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Analysis on the Dosimetric Characteristics of Tangential Breast Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy  

Yoon, Mee Sun (Department of Radiation Oncology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Kim, Yong-Hyeob (Department of Radiation Oncology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Jeong, Jae-Uk (Department of Radiation Oncology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Nam, Taek-Keun (Department of Radiation Oncology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Ahn, Sung-Ja (Department of Radiation Oncology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Chung, Wong-Ki (Department of Radiation Oncology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
Song, Ju-Young (Department of Radiation Oncology, Chonnam National University Medical School)
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Progress in Medical Physics / v.23, no.4, 2012 , pp. 219-228 More about this Journal
Abstract
The tangential breast intensity modulated radiotherapy (T-B IMRT) technique, which uses the same tangential fields as conventional 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3D-CRT) plans with physical wedges, was analyzed in terms of the calculated dose distribution feature and dosimetric accuracy of beam delivery during treatment. T-B IMRT plans were prepared for 15 patients with breast cancer who were already treated with conventional 3D-CRT. The homogeneity of the dose distribution to the target volume was improved, and the dose delivered to the normal tissues and critical organs was reduced compared with that in 3D-CRT plans. Quality assurance (QA) plans with the appropriate phantoms were used to analyze the dosimetric accuracy of T-B IMRT. An ionization chamber placed at the hole of an acrylic cylindrical phantom was used for the point dose measurement, and the mean error from the calculated dose was $0.7{\pm}1.4%$. The accuracy of the dose distribution was verified with a 2D diode detector array, and the mean pass rate calculated from the gamma evaluation was $97.3{\pm}2.9%$. We confirmed the advantages of a T-B IMRT in the dose distribution and verified the dosimetric accuracy from the QA performance which should still be regarded as an important process even in the simple technique as T-B IMRT in order to maintain a good quality.
Keywords
Tangential breast IMRT; Dose homogeneity index; Dose verification;
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