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ArticleGels (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Three-Dimensional Dosimetry by Optical-CT and Radiochromic Gel Dosimeter of a Multiple Isocenter Craniospinal Radiation Therapy Procedure.

Matheus Antonio da Silveira, Juliana Fernandes Pavoni, Alexandre Colello Bruno, Gustavo Viani Arruda, Oswaldo Baffa

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Article in Gels (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matheus Antonio da SilveiraDepartamento de Física, FFCLRP-Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-901, Brazil.
Juliana Fernandes PavoniDepartamento de Física, FFCLRP-Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-1647-8231
Alexandre Colello BrunoHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto-USP, Ribeirão Preto 14015-010, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0299-8404
Gustavo Viani ArrudaHospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto-USP, Ribeirão Preto 14015-010, Brazil.
Oswaldo BaffaDepartamento de Física, FFCLRP-Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto 14040-901, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-0622-2814
Universidade de Ribeirão Preto · BRClinics Hospital of Ribeirão Preto · BR

Funding

Conselho Nacional de Pesquisas e Desenvolvimento Tecnológico 304107/2019-0Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior Finance Code 001São Paulo Research Foundation 2013/07699-0
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Craniospinal irradiation (CSI) is a complex radiation technique employed to treat patients with primitive neuroectodermal tumors such as medulloblastoma or germinative brain tumors with the risk of leptomeningeal spread. In adults, this technique poses a technically challenging planning process because of the complex shape and length of the target volume. Thus, it requires multiple fields and different isocenters to guarantee the primary-tumor dose delivery. Recently, some authors have proposed the use IMRT technique for this planning with the possibility of overlapping adjacent fields. The high-dose delivery complexity demands three-dimensional dosimetry (3DD) to verify this irradiation procedure and motivated this study. We used an optical CT and a radiochromic Fricke-xylenol-orange gel with the addition of formaldehyde (FXO-f) to evaluate the doses delivered at the field junction region of this treatment. We found 96.91% as the mean passing rate using the gamma analysis with 3%/2 mm criteria at the junction region. However, the concentration of fail points in a determined region called attention to this evaluation, indicating the advantages of employing a 3DD technique in complex dose-distribution verifications.

Indexed as

3D gel dosimetrycraniospinal irradiationfricke-xylenol-orange dosimetrygel dosimetryintensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT)optical computed tomography

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PMID36135294
PMCPMC9498794
OpenAlexW4296747660

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