Three-dimensional dose prediction based on two-dimensional verification measurements for IMRT.

ABSTRACT: Dose verifications for intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) are generally performed once before treatment. A 39-fraction treatment course for prostate cancer delivers a dose prescription of 78 Gy in eight weeks. Any changes in multileaf collimator leaf position over the treatment course may affect the dosimetry. To evaluate the magnitude of deviations from the predicted dose over an entire treatment course with MLC leaf calibrations performed every two weeks, we tracked weekly changes in relative dose error distributions measured with two-dimensional (2D) beam-by-beam analysis. We compared the dosimetric results from 20 consecutive patient-specific IMRT quality assurance (QA) tests using beam-by-beam analysis and a 2D diode detector array to the dose plans calculated by the treatme

SUBMITTER: Sumida I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5711089 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature