ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2022
Dosimetric Impact on the Flattening Filter and Addition of Gold Nanoparticles in Radiotherapy: A Monte Carlo Study on Depth Dose Using the 6 and 10 MV FFF Photon Beams.
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- Depth Dose Enhancement in Orthovoltage Nanoparticle-Enhanced Radiotherapy: A Monte Carlo Phantom Study.Micromachines · 2023Article
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Abstract
purposeThis phantom study investigated through Monte Carlo simulation how the dose enhancement varied with depth, when gold nanoparticles (NPs) were added using the flattening filter-free (FFF) photon beams in gold NP-enhanced radiotherapy.
methodA phantom with materials varying from pure water to a mixture of water and gold NPs at different concentrations (3-40 mg/mL) were irradiated by the 6 and 10 MV flattening filter (FF) and FFF photon beams. Monte Carlo simulations were carried out to determine the depth doses along the central beam axis of the phantom up to a depth of 40 cm. The dose enhancement ratio (DER) and FFF enhancement ratio (FFFER) were calculated based on the Monte Carlo results.
resultsThe DER values were found decreased with an increase of depth and increase of NP concentration in the phantom. For the maximum NP concentration of 40 mg/mL, the DER values decreased 6.9, 12, 4.6 and 7.2% at a phantom depth from 2 to 40 cm, using the 6 MV FF, 6 MV FFF, 10 MV FF and 10 MV FFF photon beams, respectively. The maximum DER values for the 6 MV beams were 1.08 (FF) and 1.14 (FFF), while those for the 10 MV beams were 1.04 (FF) and 1.07 (FFF). When the FF was removed from the linear accelerator head, the FFFER showed a more significant increase of dose enhancement for the 6 MV beams (1.057) than the 10 MV (1.031).
conclusionFrom the DER and FFFER values based on the Monte Carlo results, it is concluded that the dose enhancement with depth was dependent on the NP and beam variables, namely, NP concentration, presence of FF in the beam and beam energy. Dose enhancement was more significant when using the lower photon beam energy (i.e., 6 MV), FFF photon beam and higher NP concentration in the study.
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