Observational studyMedicine2020
Methodology of dose calculation for external beam radiation combined with high dose rate brachytherapy in the era of 3-dimensional treatment planning system.
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Abstract
Intracavitary application of brachytherapy (BT) sources followed by external beam radiation is essential for the local treatment of carcinoma of the cervix, postate, and nasopharynx. Dose distribution of external beam radiation plus BT can be challenging for the planning system because of their dose calculation by 2 different treatment planning system (TPS). The aims of this study were to introduce a novel iterative method of dose calculation preformed in the Pinnacle plan and evaluate a combined dose distribution for external beam radiation and BT.Because it is often the goal of the planner to produce plan with uniform dose throughout the target volume and normal tissue, we present an Iridium-192 calculation program using American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group 43 formula and export it to other commercialized TPS though the combined dose distribution of external beam radiation and BT can be shown. To illustrate such an improved procedure, we present the treatment plans of 2 patients treated with external beam radiation plus BT.Dose distribution of the single BT source were calculated with the Plato post loading TPS and the program model, and the results of 2 methods were similar. A nasopharyngeal case and a cervical case were shown in Pinnacle with this program. The total dose distribution of BT combined with EBRT was showed in compute tomography images. And the corresponding dose volume histogram figures could be displayed correctly in Pinnacle TPS.We demonstrated a novel iterative method of dose calculation preformed in the Pinnacle plan to produce a combined dose distribution for external beam radiation and BT. We used it to evaluate the dose of target volume and normal tissues in the treatment of external beam radiation plus BT.
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