Publication: Phantom design and dosimetric characterization for multiple simultaneous cell irradiations with active pencil beam scanning
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2019-11-01
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14322099
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0301634X
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Mahidol University
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Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. Vol.58, No.4 (2019), 563-573
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Monika Clausen, Suphalak Khachonkham, Sylvia Gruber, Peter Kuess, Rolf Seemann, Barbara Knäusl, Elisabeth Mara, Hugo Palmans, Wolfgang Dörr, Dietmar Georg Phantom design and dosimetric characterization for multiple simultaneous cell irradiations with active pencil beam scanning. Radiation and Environmental Biophysics. Vol.58, No.4 (2019), 563-573. doi:10.1007/s00411-019-00813-1 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/50050
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Phantom design and dosimetric characterization for multiple simultaneous cell irradiations with active pencil beam scanning
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© 2019, The Author(s). A new phantom was designed for in vitro studies on cell lines in horizontal particle beams. The phantom enables simultaneous irradiation at multiple positions along the beam path. The main purpose of this study was the detailed dosimetric characterization of the phantom which consists of various heterogeneous structures. The dosimetric measurements described here were performed under non-reference conditions. The experiment involved a CT scan of the phantom, dose calculations performed with the treatment planning system (TPS) RayStation employing both the Pencil Beam (PB) and Monte Carlo (MC) algorithms, and proton beam delivery. Two treatment plans reflecting the typical target location for head and neck cancer and prostate cancer treatment were created. Absorbed dose to water and dose homogeneity were experimentally assessed within the phantom along the Bragg curve with ionization chambers (ICs) and EBT3 films. LETd distributions were obtained from the TPS. Measured depth dose distributions were in good agreement with the Monte Carlo-based TPS data. Absorbed dose calculated with the PB algorithm was 4% higher than the absorbed dose measured with ICs at the deepest measurement point along the spread-out Bragg peak. Results of experiments using melanoma (SKMel) cell line are also presented. The study suggested a pronounced correlation between the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) and LETd, where higher LETd leads to elevated cell death and cell inactivation. Obtained RBE values ranged from 1.4 to 1.8 at the survival level of 10% (RBE10). It is concluded that dosimetric characterization of a phantom before its use for RBE experiments is essential, since a high dosimetric accuracy contributes to reliable RBE data and allows for a clearer differentiation between physical and biological uncertainties.