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Title: | Treatment verification in high dose rate brachytherapy using a realistic 3D printed head phantom and an imaging panel | Authors: | van Wagenberg, Teun Fonseca, Gabriel Paiva Voncken, Robert van Beveren, Celine van Limbergen, Evert Lutgens, Ludy Vanneste, Ben G. L. Berbee, Maaike RENIERS, Brigitte Verhaegen, Frank |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Source: | Brachytherapy, 22 (2) , p. 269 -278 | Abstract: | PURPOSE: Even though High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy has good treatment outcomes in different treatment sites, treatment verification is far from widely implemented because of a lack of easily available solutions. Previously it has been shown that an imaging panel (IP) near the patient can be used to determine treatment parameters such as the dwell time and source positions in a single material pelvic phantom. In this study we will use a heterogeneous head phantom to test this IP approach, and simulate common treatment errors to assess the sensitivity and specificity of the error-detecting capabilities of the IP. METHODS AND MATERIALS: A heterogeneous head-phantom consisting of soft tissue and bone equivalent materials was 3D-printed to simulate a base of tongue treatment. An High Dose Rate treatment plan with 3 different catheters was used to simulate a treatment delivery, using dwell times ranging from 0.3 s to 4 s and inter-dwell distances of 2 mm. The IP was used to measure dwell times, positions and detect simulated errors. Measured dwell times and positions were used to calculate the delivered dose. RESULTS: Dwell times could be determined within 0.1 s. Source positions were measured with submillimeter accuracy in the plane of the IP, and average distance accuracy of 1.7 mm in three dimensions. All simulated treatment errors (catheter swap, catheter shift, afterloader errors) were detected. Dose calculations show slightly different distributions with the measured dwell positions and dwell times (gamma pass rate for 1 mm/1% of 96.5%). CONCLUSIONS: Using an IP, it was possible to verify the treatment in a real-istic heterogeneous phantom and detect certain treatment errors. (c) 2022 The Au-thors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of American Brachytherapy Society. This is an open access article under the CC BY license ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ) | Notes: | Verhaegen, F (corresponding author), Maastricht Univ, Med Ctr, GROW Sch Oncol & Reprod, Dept Radiat Oncol Maastro, Dr Tanslaan 12, NL-6229 ET Maastricht, Netherlands. frank.verhaegen@maastro.nl |
Keywords: | High dose rate brachytherapy;Treatment verification;In vivo dosimetry;Error detection;Dose recalculation | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/39948 | ISSN: | 1538-4721 | e-ISSN: | 1873-1449 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.brachy.2022.11.012 | ISI #: | 000951483500001 | Rights: | 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of American Brachytherapy Society. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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