3D dose reconstruction for narrow beams using ion chamber array measurements.
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serval:BIB_B5A031B3644E
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
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Title
3D dose reconstruction for narrow beams using ion chamber array measurements.
Journal
Zeitschrift Für Medizinische Physik
ISSN
1876-4436 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0939-3889
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2012
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
22
Number
2
Pages
123-132
Language
english
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Publication types: Journal Article Publication Status: ppublish
Abstract
3D dose reconstruction is a verification of the delivered absorbed dose. Our aim was to describe and evaluate a 3D dose reconstruction method applied to phantoms in the context of narrow beams. A solid water phantom and a phantom containing a bone-equivalent material were irradiated on a 6 MV linac. The transmitted dose was measured by using one array of a 2D ion chamber detector. The dose reconstruction was obtained by an iterative algorithm. A phantom set-up error and organ interfraction motion were simulated to test the algorithm sensitivity. In all configurations convergence was obtained within three iterations. A local reconstructed dose agreement of at least 3% / 3mm with respect to the planned dose was obtained, except in a few points of the penumbra. The reconstructed primary fluences were consistent with the planned ones, which validates the whole reconstruction process. The results validate our method in a simple geometry and for narrow beams. The method is sensitive to a set-up error of a heterogeneous phantom and interfraction heterogeneous organ motion.
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Web of science
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