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ArticleJournal of applied clinical medical physics2020

Validation of PTV margin for Gamma Knife Icon frameless treatment using a PseudoPatient® Prime anthropomorphic phantom.

Eun Young Han, Parmeswaran Diagaradjane, Dershan Luo, Yao Ding, Georgios Kalaitzakis, Emmanouil Zoros, Kyveli Zourari, Themistoklis Boursianis, Evangelos Pappas, Zhifei Wen and 2 more

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Eun Young HanDepartment of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1155-9016
Parmeswaran DiagaradjaneDepartment of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Dershan LuoDepartment of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5768-1471
Yao DingDepartment of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Georgios KalaitzakisDepartment of Medical Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
Emmanouil ZorosMedical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Kyveli ZourariMedical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Themistoklis BoursianisDepartment of Medical Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
Evangelos PappasDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Radiology & Radiotherapy Sector, University of West Attica, Athens, Greece.
Zhifei WenDepartment of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Jihong WangDepartment of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Tina Marie BriereDepartment of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Gamma Knife Icon allows the treatment of brain tumors mask-based single-fraction or fractionated treatment schemes. In clinic, uniform axial expansion of 1 mm around the gross tumor volume (GTV) and a 1.5 mm expansion in the superior and inferior directions are used to generate the planning target volume (PTV). The purpose of the study was to validate this margin scheme with two clinical scenarios: (a) the patient's head remaining right below the high-definition motion management (HDMM) threshold, and (b) frequent treatment interruptions followed by plan adaptation induced by large pitch head motion. A remote-controlled head assembly was used to control the motion of a PseudoPatient® Prime head phantom; for dosimetric evaluations, an ionization chamber, EBT3 films, and polymer gels were used. These measurements were compared with those from the Gamma Knife plan. For the absolute dose measurements using an ionization chamber, the percentage differences for both targets were less than 3.0% for all scenarios, which was within the expected tolerance. For the film measurements, the two-dimensional (2D) gamma index with a 2%/2 mm criterion showed the passing rates of ≥87% in all scenarios except the scenario 1. The results of Gel measurements showed that GTV (D

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Brain NeoplasmsRadiosurgeryHumansMotionPhantoms, ImagingRadiometryRadiotherapy DosageRadiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assistedanthropomorphic phantomGamma Knife IcongelPTV

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PMID32786141
PMCPMC7497928

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