Tommy Knöös
Sjukhusfysiker
3D dose computation algorithms
Författare
Summary, in English
The calculation of absorbed dose within patients during external photon beam radiotherapy is reviewed. This includes the modelling of the radiation source i.e. in most cases a linear accelerator (beam modelling) and examples of dose calculation algorithms applied within the patient i.e. the dose engine. For the first part - the beam modelling, the different sources in the treatment head as target, filters and collimators etc are discussed as well as their importance for the photon and electron fluence reaching the patient. The consequences of removing the flattening filter, which several vendors now have made commercially available, is also shown. The pros and cons regarding different dose engines ability to consider density changes within the patient will is covered (type a and b models). Engines covered are, for example, pencil-beam models, collapsed cone superposition/-convolution models and combinations of these, as well as a glimpse on Monte Carlo methods for radiotherapy. The different models' ability to calculate dose to medium (tissue) and or water is. Finally, the role of commissioning data especially measurements in today's model based dose calculation is presented.
Avdelning/ar
- Medicinsk strålningsfysik, Lund
Publiceringsår
2017-06-05
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Volym
847
Issue
1
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
IOP Publishing
Ämne
- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1742-6588