Dosimetric validation of Acuros® XB with Monte Carlo methods for photon dose calculations

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作者
Bush, K. [1 ]
Gagne, I. M. [1 ]
Zavgorodni, S. [1 ]
Ansbacher, W. [1 ]
Beckham, W. [1 ]
机构
[1] British Columbia Canc Agcy, Vancouver Isl Ctr, Dept Med Phys, Victoria, BC V8R 6V5, Canada
关键词
Monte Carlo; AAA; Acuros (R); ANALYTICAL ANISOTROPIC ALGORITHM; COLLAPSED CONE CONVOLUTION; INHOMOGENEITY CORRECTIONS; HETEROGENEOUS MEDIA; BEAM; RADIOTHERAPY; WATER; ENERGY; CODE;
D O I
10.1118/1.3567146
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
100231 [临床病理学]; 100902 [航空航天医学];
摘要
Purpose: The dosimetric accuracy of the recently released Acuros(R) XB advanced dose calculation algorithm (Varian Medical Systems, Palo Alto, CA) is investigated for single radiation fields incident on homogeneous and heterogeneous geometries, and a comparison is made to the analytical anisotropic algorithm (AAA). Methods: Ion chamber measurements for the 6 and 18 MV beams within a range of field sizes (from 4.0 x 4.0 to 30.0 x 30.0 cm(2)) are used to validate Acuros(R) XB dose calculations within a unit density phantom. The dosimetric accuracy of Acuros(R) XB in the presence of lung, low-density lung, air, and bone is determined using BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc calculations as a benchmark. Calculations using the AAA are included for reference to a current superposition/convolution standard. Results: Basic open field tests in a homogeneous phantom reveal an Acuros(R) XB agreement with measurement to within +/-1.9% in the inner field region for all field sizes and energies. Calculations on a heterogeneous interface phantom were found to agree with Monte Carlo calculations to within +/-2.0% (sigma(MC) = 0.8%) in lung (rho = 0.24 g cm(-3)) and within +/-2.9% (sigma(MC) = 0.8%) in low-density lung (rho = 0.1 g cm(-3)). In comparison, differences of up to 10.2% and 17.5% in lung and low-density lung were observed in the equivalent AAA calculations. Acuros r XB dose calculations performed on a phantom containing an air cavity (rho = 0.001 g cm(-3)) were found to be within the range of +/-1.5% to +/-4.5% of the BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc calculated benchmark (sigma(MC) = 0.8%) in the tissue above and below the air cavity. A comparison of Acuros r XB dose calculations performed on a lung CT dataset with a BEAMnrc/DOSXYZnrc benchmark shows agreement within +/-2%/2mm and indicates that the remaining differences are primarily a result of differences in physical material assignments within a CT dataset. Conclusions: By considering the fundamental particle interactions in matter based on theoretical interaction cross sections, the Acuros r XB algorithm is capable of modeling radiotherapy dose deposition with accuracy only previously achievable with Monte Carlo techniques. (C) 2011 American Association of Physicists in Medicine. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3567146]
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