TY - JOUR
T1 - Zero field PDD and TMR data for unflattened beams in conventional linacs
T2 - A tool for independent dose calculations
AU - Strolin, Silvia
AU - Minosse, Silvia
AU - D'Andrea, Marco
AU - Fracchiolla, Francesco
AU - Bruzzaniti, Vincente
AU - Luppino, Stefano
AU - Benassi, Marcello
AU - Strigari, Lidia
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Purpose To investigate the applicability of the formalism described in BJR supplement n.25 for Flattening Filter Free (FFF) beams in determining the zero-field tissue maximum ratio (TMR) for an independent calculation method of Percentage Depth Doses (PDDs) and relative dose factors (RDFs) at different experimental setups. Methods Experimental PDDs for field size from 40 × 40 cm2 to 2 × 2 cm2 with Source Surface Distance (SSD) 100 cm were acquired. The normalized peak scatter factor for each square field was obtained by fitting experimental RDFs in water and collimator factors (CFs) in air. Maximum log-likelihood methods were used to extract fit parameters in competing models and the Bayesian Information Criterion was used to select the best one. In different experimental setups additional RDFs and TPR10 20s for field sizes other than reference field were measured and Monte Carlo simulations of PDDs at SSD 80 cm were carried out to validate the results. PDD agreements were evaluated by gamma analysis. Results The BJR formalism allowed to predict the PDDs obtained with MC within 2%/2 mm at SSD 80 cm from 100% down to 50% of the maximum dose. The agreement between experimental TPR10 20s and RDFs values at SSD = 90 cm and BJR calculations were within 1% for field sizes greater than 5 × 5 cm2 while it was within 3% for fields down to 2 × 2 cm2. Conclusions BJR formalism can be used for FFF beams to predict PDD and RDF at different SSDs and can be used for independent MU calculations.
AB - Purpose To investigate the applicability of the formalism described in BJR supplement n.25 for Flattening Filter Free (FFF) beams in determining the zero-field tissue maximum ratio (TMR) for an independent calculation method of Percentage Depth Doses (PDDs) and relative dose factors (RDFs) at different experimental setups. Methods Experimental PDDs for field size from 40 × 40 cm2 to 2 × 2 cm2 with Source Surface Distance (SSD) 100 cm were acquired. The normalized peak scatter factor for each square field was obtained by fitting experimental RDFs in water and collimator factors (CFs) in air. Maximum log-likelihood methods were used to extract fit parameters in competing models and the Bayesian Information Criterion was used to select the best one. In different experimental setups additional RDFs and TPR10 20s for field sizes other than reference field were measured and Monte Carlo simulations of PDDs at SSD 80 cm were carried out to validate the results. PDD agreements were evaluated by gamma analysis. Results The BJR formalism allowed to predict the PDDs obtained with MC within 2%/2 mm at SSD 80 cm from 100% down to 50% of the maximum dose. The agreement between experimental TPR10 20s and RDFs values at SSD = 90 cm and BJR calculations were within 1% for field sizes greater than 5 × 5 cm2 while it was within 3% for fields down to 2 × 2 cm2. Conclusions BJR formalism can be used for FFF beams to predict PDD and RDF at different SSDs and can be used for independent MU calculations.
KW - Analytical dose calculation
KW - Flattening Filter Free
KW - Small fields
KW - TPR
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.11.008
DO - 10.1016/j.ejmp.2016.11.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85006961548
VL - 32
SP - 1621
EP - 1627
JO - Physica Medica
JF - Physica Medica
SN - 1120-1797
IS - 12
ER -