• 제목/요약/키워드: Treatment dose verification

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Clinical Application of Gamma Knife Dose Verification Method in Multiple Brain Tumors : Modified Variable Ellipsoid Modeling Technique

  • Hur, Beong Ik;Lee, Jae Min;Cho, Won Ho;Kang, Dong Wan;Kim, Choong Rak;Choi, Byung Kwan
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • 제53권2호
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    • pp.102-107
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    • 2013
  • Objective : The Leksell Gamma Knife$^{(R)}$ (LGK) is based on a single-fraction high dose treatment strategy. Therefore, independent verification of the Leksell GammaPlan$^{(R)}$ (LGP) is important for ensuring patient safety and minimizing the risk of treatment errors. Although several verification techniques have been previously developed and reported, no method has ever been tested statistically on multiple LGK target treatments. The purpose of this study was to perform and to evaluate the accuracy of a verification method (modified variable ellipsoid modeling technique, MVEMT) for multiple target treatments. Methods : A total of 500 locations in 10 consecutive patients with multiple brain tumor targets were included in this study. We compared the data from an LGP planning system and MVEMT in terms of dose at random points, maximal dose points, and target volumes. All data was analyzed by t-test and the Bland-Altman plot, which are statistical methods used to compare two different measurement techniques. Results : No statistical difference in dose at the 500 random points was observed between LGP and MVEMT. Differences in maximal dose ranged from -2.4% to 6.1%. An average distance of 1.6 mm between the maximal dose points was observed when comparing the two methods. Conclusion : Statistical analyses demonstrated that MVEMT was in excellent agreement with LGP when planning for radiosurgery involving multiple target treatments. MVEMT is a useful, independent tool for planning multiple target treatment that provides statistically identical data to that produced by LGP. Findings from the present study indicate that MVEMT can be used as a reference dose verification system for multiple tumors.

Clinical Implementation of an In vivo Dose Verification System Based on a Transit Dose Calculation Tool for 3D-CRT

  • Jeong, Seonghoon;Yoon, Myonggeun;Chung, Weon Kuu;Chung, Mijoo;Kim, Dong Wook
    • Journal of the Korean Physical Society
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    • 제73권10호
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    • pp.1571-1576
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    • 2018
  • We developed and evaluated an algorithm to calculate the target radiation dose in cancer patients by measuring the transmitted dose during 3D conformal radiation treatment (3D-CRT) treatment. The patient target doses were calculated from the transit dose, which was measured using a glass dosimeter positioned 150 cm from the source. The accuracy of the transit dose algorithm was evaluated using a solid water phantom for five patient treatment plans. We performed transit dose-based patient dose verification during the actual treatment of 34 patients who underwent 3D-CRT. These included 17 patients with breast cancer, 11 with pelvic cancer, and 6 with other cancers. In the solid water phantom study, the difference between the transit dosimetry algorithm with the treatment planning system (TPS) and the measurement was $-0.10{\pm}1.93%$. In the clinical study, this difference was $0.94{\pm}4.13%$ for the patients with 17 breast cancers, $-0.11{\pm}3.50%$ for the eight with rectal cancer, $0.51{\pm}5.10%$ for the four with bone cancer, and $0.91{\pm}3.69%$ for the other five. These results suggest that transit-dosimetry-based in-room patient dose verification is a useful application for 3D-CRT. We expect that this technique will be widely applicable for patient safety in the treatment room through improvements in the transit dosimetry algorithm for complicated treatment techniques (including intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) or volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT).

The Properties of Beam Intensity Scanner(BInS) in IMRT with Phantom for Three Dimensional Dose Verification

  • Young W. Vahc;Park, Kwangyl;Byung Y. Yi;Park, Kyung R.;Lee, Jong Y.;Ohyun Kwon;Park, Kwangyl;Kim, Keun M.
    • 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국의학물리학회 2003년도 제27회 추계학술대회
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    • pp.64-64
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    • 2003
  • Objectives: Patient dose verification is clinically the most important parts in the treatment delivery of radiation therapy. The three dimensional(3D) reconstruction of dose distribution delivered to target volume helps to verify patient dose and determine the physical characteristics of beams used in intensity modulated radiation therapy(IMRT). We present Beam Intensity Scanner(BInS) system for the pre treatment dosimetric verification of two dimensional photon intensity. The BInS is a radiation detector with a custom made software for relative dose conversion of fluorescence signals from scintillator. Methods: This scintillator is fabricated by phosphor Gadolinium Oxysulphide and is used to produce fluorescence from the irradiation of 6MV photons on a Varian Clinac 21EX. The digitized fluoroscopic signals obtained by digital video camera will be processed by our custom made software to reproduce 3D relative dose distribution. For the intensity modulated beam(IMB), the BInS calculates absorbed dose in absolute beam fluence, which are used for the patient dose distribution. Results: Using BInS, we performed various measurements related to IMRT and found the followings: (1) The 3D dose profiles of the IMBs measured by the BInS demonstrate good agreement with radiographic film, pin type ionization chamber and Monte Carlo simulation. (2) The delivered beam intensity is altered by the mechanical and dosimetric properties of the collimating of dynamic and/or static MLC system. This is mostly due to leaf transmission, leaf penumbra, scattered photons from the round edges of leaves, and geometry of leaf. (3) The delivered dose depends on the operational detail of how to make multileaf opening. Conclusions: These phenomena result in a fluence distribution that can be substantially different from the initial and calculative intensity modulation and therefore, should be taken into account by the treatment planing for accurate dose calculations delivered to the target volume in IMRT.

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Uncertainty Assessment: Relative versus Absolute Point Dose Measurement for Patient Specific Quality Assurance in EBRT

  • Mahmood, Talat;Ibrahim, Mounir;Aqeel, Muhammad
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제28권3호
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    • pp.111-121
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    • 2017
  • Verification of dose distribution is an essential part of ensuring the treatment planning system's (TPS) calculated dose will achieve the desired outcome in radiation therapy. Each measurement have uncertainty associated with it. It is desirable to reduce the measurement uncertainty. A best approach is to reduce the uncertainty associated with each step of the process to keep the total uncertainty under acceptable limits. Point dose patient specific quality assurance (QA) is recommended by American Association of Medical Physicists (AAPM) and European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) for all the complex radiation therapy treatment techniques. Relative and absolute point dose measurement methods are used to verify the TPS computed dose. Relative and absolute point dose measurement techniques have a number of steps to measure the point dose which includes chamber cross calibration, electrometer reading, chamber calibration coefficient, beam quality correction factor, reference conditions, influences quantities, machine stability, nominal calibration factor (for relative method) and absolute dose calibration of machine. Keeping these parameters in mind, the estimated relative percentage uncertainty associated with the absolute point dose measurement is 2.1% (k=1). On the other hand, the relative percentage uncertainty associated with the relative point dose verification method is estimated to 1.0% (k=1). To compare both point dose measurement methods, 13 head and neck (H&N) IMRT patients were selected. A point dose for each patient was measured with both methods. The average percentage difference between TPS computed dose and measured absolute relative point dose was 1.4% and 1% respectively. The results of this comparative study show that while choosing the relative or absolute point dose measurement technique, both techniques can produce similar results for H&N IMRT treatment plans. There is no statistically significant difference between both point dose verification methods based upon the t-test for comparing two means.

Dosimetric Characteristic of Digital CCD Video Camera for Radiation Therapy

  • Young Woo. Vahc;Kim, Tae Hong.;Won Kyun. Chung;Ohyun Kwon;Park, Kyung Ran.;Lee, Yong Ha.
    • 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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    • 제11권2호
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    • pp.147-155
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    • 2000
  • Patient dose verification is one of the most important parts in quality assurance of the treatment delivery for radiation therapy. The dose distributions may be meaningfully improved by modulating two dimensional intensity profile of the individual high energy radiation beams In this study, a new method is presented for the pre-treatment dosimetric verification of these two dimensional distributions of beam intensity by means of a charge coupled device video camera-based fluoroscopic device (henceforth called as CCD-VCFD) as a radiation detecter with a custom-made software for dose calculation from fluorescence signals. This system of dosimeter (CCD-VCFD) could reproduce three dimensional (3D) relative dose distribution from the digitized fluoroscopic signals for small (1.0$\times$1.0 cm$^2$ square, ø 1.0 cm circular ) and large (30$\times$30cm$^2$) field sizes used in intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT). For the small beam sizes of photon and electron, the calculations are performed In absolute beam fluence profiles which are usually used for calculation of the patient dose distribution. The good linearity with respect to the absorbed dose, independence of dose rate, and three dimensional profiles of small beams using the CCD-VCFD were demonstrated by relative measurements in high energy Photon (15 MV) and electron (9 MeV) beams. These measurements of beam profiles with CCD-VCFD show good agreement with those with other dosimeters such as utramicro-cylindrical (UC) ionization chamber and radiographic film. The study of the radiation dosimetric technique using CCD-VCFD may provide a fast and accurate pre-treatment verification tool for the small beam used in stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and can be used for verification of dose distribution from dynamic multi-leaf collimation system (DMLC).

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자궁경부암 근접치료 시 선량 검증 프로그램을 통한 임상적 위험성 평가 (Clinical Risk Evaluation Using Dose Verification Program of Brachytherapy for Cervical Cancer)

  • 강동진;신영주;강진규;정재용;이우진;백태성;이보람
    • 대한방사선기술학회지:방사선기술과학
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    • 제45권6호
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    • pp.553-560
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    • 2022
  • The purpose of this study is to evaluate the clinical risk according to the applicator heterogeneity, mislocation, and tissue heterogeneity correction through a dose verification program during brachytherapy of cervical cancer. We performed image processing with MATLAB on images acquired with CT simulator. The source was modeled and stochiometric calibration and Monte-Carlo algorithm were applied based on dwell time and location to calculate the dose, and the secondary cancer risk was evaluated in the dose verification program. The result calculated by correcting for applicator and tissue heterogeneity showed a maximum dose of about 25% higher. In the bladder, the difference in excess absolute risk according to the heterogeneity correction was not significant. In the rectum, the difference in excess absolute risk was lower than that calculated by correcting applicator and tissue heterogeneity compared to the water-based calculation. In the femur, the water-based calculation result was the lowest, and the result calculated by correcting the applicator and tissue heterogeneity was 10% higher. A maximum of 14% dose difference occurred when the applicator mislocation was 20 mm in the Z-axis. In a future study, it is expected that a system that can independently verify the treatment plan can be developed by automating the interface between the treatment planning system and the dose verification program.

The Variable Ellipsoid Modeling Technique as a Verification Method for the Treatment Planning System of Gamma Knife Radiosurgery

  • Hur, Beong-Ik;Choi, Byung-Kwan;Sung, Soon-Ki;Cho, Won-Ho;Cha, Seung-Heon;Choi, Chang-Hwa
    • Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
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    • 제47권2호
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    • pp.128-133
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    • 2010
  • Objective : The secondary verification of Leksell Gamma Knife treatment planning system (LGP) (which is the primary verification system) is extremely important in order to minimize the risk of treatment errors. Although prior methods have been developed to verify maximum dose and treatment time, none have studied maximum dose coordinates and treatment volume. Methods : We simulated the skull shape as an ellipsoid with its center at the junction between the mammillary bodies and the brain stem. The radiation depths of the beamlets emitted from 201 collimators were calculated based on the relationship between this ellipsoid and a single beamlet expressed as a straight line. A computer program was coded to execute the algorithm. A database system was adopted to log the doses for $31{\times}31{\times}31$ or 29,791 matrix points allowing for future queries to be made of the matrix of interest. Results : When we compared the parameters in seven patients, all parameters showed good correlation. The number of matrix points with a dose higher than 30% of the maximal dose was within ${\pm}\;2%$ of LGP. The 50% dose volume, which is generally the target volume, differs maximally by 4.2%. The difference of the maximal dose ranges from 0.7% to 7%. Conclusion : Based on the results, the variable ellipsoid modeling technique or variable ellipsoid modeling technique (VEMT) can be a useful and independent tool to verify the important parameters of LGP and make up for LGP.

Dose Verification of Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy with Beam Intensity Scanner System

  • Vahc, Young-Woo;Park, Kwangyl;Ohyun Kwon;Park, Kyung-Ran;Lee, Yong-Ha;Yi, Byung-Yong;Kim, Sookil
    • 한국의학물리학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 한국의학물리학회 2002년도 Proceedings
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    • pp.248-251
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    • 2002
  • The intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) with a multileaf collimator (MLC) requires the conversion of a radiation fluence map into a leaf sequence file that controls the movement of the MLC during radiation treatment of patients. Patient dose verification is clinically one of the most important parts in the treatment delivery of the radiation therapy. The three dimensional (3D) reconstruction of dose distribution delivered to the target helps to verify patient dose and to determine the physical characteristics of beams used in IMRT. A new method is presented for the pretreatment dosimetric verification of two dimensional distributions of photon intensity by means of Beam Intensity Scanner System (BISS) as a radiation detector with a custom-made software for dose calculation of fluorescence signals from scintillator. The scintillator is used to produce fluorescence from the irradiation of 6MV photons on a Varian Clinac 21EX. The BISS reproduces 3D- relative dose distribution from the digitized fluoroscopic signals obtained by digital video camera-based scintillator(DVCS) device in the IMRT. For the intensity modulated beams (IMBs), the calculations of absorbed dose are performed in absolute beam fluence profiles which are used for calculation of the patient dose distribution. The 3D-dose profiles of the IMBs with the BISS were demonstrated by relative measurements of photon beams and shown good agreement with radiographic film. The mechanical and dosimetric properties of the collimating of dynamic and/or step MLC system alter the generated intensity. This is mostly due to leaf transmission, leaf penumbra and geometry of leaves. The variations of output according to the multileaf opening during the irradiation need to be accounted for as well. These phenomena result in a fluence distribution that can be substantially different from the initial and calculative intensity modulation and therefore, should be taken into account by the treatment planning for accurate dose calculations delivered to the target volume in IMRT.

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반구형 시준기를 가진 감마나이프에 대한 렉셀감마플랜 결과물의 독립적인 검증방법들의 비교 (A Comparison of the Independent Verification Methods for the Results of Leksell GammaPlan for Gamma Knife Predecessor with the Hemispherical Collimators)

  • 허병익
    • 한국방사선학회논문지
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    • 제10권7호
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    • pp.521-529
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    • 2016
  • 감마나이프 방사선수술은 일회에 고방사선량을 조사하는 치료 전략에 기초하기 때문에 렉셀감마플랜의 결과물에 대한 독립적인 검증은 환자의 안전성을 보장하고 치료 오류의 위험을 최소화하는데 중요한 절차 중 하나이다. 기존에 개발된 여러 검증 방법들의 구현을 통해 통계적으로 검토하고 치료에 시도했다. 이 연구의 목적은 감마나이프 치료에 대해 제안된 여러 검증방법의 정확도를 적용하고 평가하는 것이었다. 본 연구에서 감마나이프방사선 수술에 의해 치료된 두개 내 병변을 가진 10명의 환자가 포함되었다. 우리는 최대 선량, 임의의 점에서의 선량, 등선량중심점에서의 치료시간에 관하여 제안된 알고리즘과 렉셀감마플랜으로 획득한 데이터를 비교 하였다. 모든 데이터는 두 개의 상이한 측정 기법을 비교하기 위해 사용되는 통계적 방법인 대응표본 t 검정에 의해 분석되었다. 10가지 사례에서 최대 선량의 통계적 유의성은 제안된 검증방법과 렉셀감마플랜 사이에 관찰되지 않았다. 평균 최대 선량의 차이는 -0.53 Gy에서 3.71 Gy범위내였다. 제안된 검증방법과 렉셀감마플랜에 의해 계산된 임의의 점에서의 선량 또한 통계적으로 유의하지 않았다. 그러나 우리는 등선량중심점에서의 치료시간에 대한 조직최대비율 알고리즘과 렉셀감마플랜사이에 p=0.021인 통계적인 차이가 발견되었다. 통계적 분석에 의하면 제안된 검증방법은 감마나이프 방사선수술의 최상의 치료계획을 위해 최대 선량과 임의의 점에서의 선량을 고려할 때 렉셀감마플랜과 상당히 일치한다고 볼 수 있다. 제안된 검증방법들은 과다선량 조사 가능성을 최소화하기 위한 통상적인 정도관리 절차의 일부분으로 통합될 수 있다고 여겨진다.

전립선암의 방사선치료에서 토모테라피와 VMAT의 치료계획에 따른 유용성 평가 (Usefulness Evaluation on the Treatment Plan of Tomotherapy and VMAT in Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer)

  • 허광명;한재복;최남길
    • 한국방사선학회논문지
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    • 제9권7호
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    • pp.449-457
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    • 2015
  • 전립선암의 방사선치료에서 토모테라피와 용적변조회전치료(volumetric modulated arc therapy, VMAT)의 치료계획에 따른 유용성 평가를 위해 흡수선량, 선량체적곡선(dose volume histogram, DVH), 치료효율성, MapCHECK2를 이용한 선량 검증 정확도 결과를 각각 비교 분석하였다. 대상으로는 2014년 7월부터 12월까지 H 대학병원 방사선종양학과에서 토모테라피 치료를 받은 전립선암 환자 중 12명을 무작위로 선택하였다. 흡수선량과 DVH를 분석한 결과 종양조직과 방광에서 두 방사선 치료계획이 근소한 차이를 나타냈지만 처방선량의 오차범위인 -5%에서+3%안에 포함됐고 정상조직 부작용 확률 권고치인 견딤선량 범위를 넘지 않았다. 치료시간은 2.5배 짧고 MU(monitor unit)도 10.3배 작아 VMAT가 치료효율성이 높았다. 선량정확도는 모두 95% 이상의 통과기준에 포함 되었으며 VMAT가 2.3% 더 높게 나타났다. 토모테라피와 VMAT 모두 종양조직에 적합한 선량이 흡수되었으며 정상조직의 견딤선량 범위를 넘지 않아 선량분포특성에서 큰 차이는 없었다. 하지만 치료시간이 짧고, total MU가 낮아 치료효율성이 좋고 선량 검증의 정확도 또한 우수한 VMAT를 선택하는 것이 치료에 더 유용할 것으로 사료된다.