Turkish Journal of Oncology Turkish Society for Radiation Oncology
Article Open Access Volume 28 · Issue 3 · 2013 pp. 120–127

Investigation of dose accuracy using different measurement methods in intensity-modulated radiation therapy

Zeynep Pınar KALENDER, İnci KINGIR, İsmail Faruk DURMUŞ, Nazmiye KESEN, Hatice BİLGE
1 İstanbul Üniversitesi Onkoloji Enstitüsü, Sağlık Fiziği Bilim Dalı, İstanbul
Published: 2013 Article ID: 866
Abstract
OBJECTIVES

In the treatment of prostate cancer using intensity-modulated
radiation therapy (IMRT), investigation of the accuracy of
the calculated doses center point of the axis and the referance
depth with the different methods.


METHODS

In the study, 10 prostate IMRT plans were prepared to be
treated lineer accelerator. These plans were transfered to the
water equivalent solid phantom for quality control (QC) plans
of each patient. QC plans, gantry, collimator and table angles
of original and 0 degrees were created in two different ways.
The measurements were performed using film and ion chambers
with different volumes at 5 cm depth. Doses obtained
with measurement methods, were compared by calculated
doses in TPS.


RESULTS

QC plans prepared with actual angle and 0 degree of gantry,
collimator and table, the difference of dose between measured
and calculated by TPS were 3.87% and 1.26% with EBT3, respectively.


CONCLUSION

The agreement of calculated and measured doses, QC plans
prepared with gantry, collimator and table angle 0 is higher
than QC plans prepared with actual angles.

Keywords: Absolute dose; gafchromic EBT3 film; ionization chambers; IMRT

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