Investigating the effect of a magnetic field on dose distributions at phantom-air interfaces using PRESAGE® 3D dosimeter and Monte Carlo simulations.
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Date
2018-02-26Author
Costa, F
Doran, SJ
Hanson, IM
Nill, S
Billas, I
Shipley, D
Duane, S
Adamovics, J
Oelfke, U
Type
Journal Article
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Dosimetric quality assurance (QA) of the new Elekta Unity (MR-linac) will differ from the QA performed of a conventional linac due to the constant magnetic field, which creates an electron return effect (ERE). In this work we aim to validate PRESAGE® dosimetry in a transverse magnetic field, and assess its use to validate the research version of the Monaco TPS of the MR-linac. Cylindrical samples of PRESAGE® 3D dosimeter separated by an air gap were irradiated with a cobalt-60 unit, while placed between the poles of an electromagnet at 0.5 T and 1.5 T. This set-up was simulated in EGSnrc/Cavity Monte Carlo (MC) code and relative dose distributions were compared with measurements using 1D and 2D gamma criteria of 3% and 1.5 mm. The irradiation conditions were adapted for the MR-linac and compared with Monaco TPS simulations. Measured and EGSnrc/Cavity simulated profiles showed good agreement with a gamma passing rate of 99.9% for 0.5 T and 99.8% for 1.5 T. Measurements on the MR-linac also compared well with Monaco TPS simulations, with a gamma passing rate of 98.4% at 1.5 T. Results demonstrated that PRESAGE® can accurately measure dose and detect the ERE, encouraging its use as a QA tool to validate the Monaco TPS of the MR-linac for clinically relevant dose distributions at tissue-air boundaries.
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Subject
Humans
Radiotherapy Dosage
Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted
Monte Carlo Method
Phantoms, Imaging
Particle Accelerators
Gamma Rays
Magnetic Fields
Radiation Dosimeters
Research team
Magnetic Resonance
Radiotherapy Physics Modelling
Language
eng
Date accepted
2018-02-02
License start date
2018-02-26
Citation
Physics in medicine and biology, 2018, 63 (5), pp. 05NT01 - ?
Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD