DOSIMETRIC COMPARISON BETWEEN 3DCRT AND IMRT USING DIFFERENT MULTILEAF COLLIMATORS IN THE TREATMENT OF BRAIN TUMORS

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作者
Ding, Meisong [1 ]
Newman, Francis [1 ]
Chen, Changhu [1 ]
Stuhr, Kelly [1 ]
Gaspar, Laurie E. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Colorado, Heath Sci Ctr, Dept Radiat Oncol, Aurora, CO 80045 USA
关键词
3DCRT; IMRT; Collimator leaf width; Brain tumor; DYNAMIC ARC RADIOSURGERY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION-THERAPY; CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT PLANS; FIELD; DISTRIBUTIONS; ONCOLOGY;
D O I
10.1016/j.meddos.2007.04.001
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R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
We investigated the differences between 3-dimensional conformal radiotherapy (3DCRT) and intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT), and the impact of collimator leaf-width on IMRT plans for the treatment of nonspherical brain tumors. Eight patients treated by 3DCRT with Novalis were selected. We developed 3 IMRT plans with different multileaf collimators (Novalis m3, Varian MLC-120, and Varian MLC-80) with the same treatment margins, number of beams, and gantry positions as in the 3DCRT treatment plans. Treatment planning utilized the BrainLAB treatment planning system. For each patient, the dose constraints and optimization parameters remained identical for all plans. The heterogeneity index, the percentage target coverage, critical structures, and normal tissue volumes receiving 50% of the prescription dose were calculated to compare the dosimetric difference. Equivalent uniform dose (EUD) and tumor control probability (TCP) were also introduced to evaluate the radiobiological effect for different plans. We found that IMRT significantly improved the target dose homogeneity compared to the 3DCRT. However, IMRT showed the same radiobiological effect as 3DCRT. For the brain tumors adjacent to (or partially overlapping with) critical structures, IMRT dramatically spared the volume of the critical structures to be irradiated. In IMRT plans, the smaller collimator leaf width could reduce the volume of critical structures irradiated to the 50% level for those partially overlapping with the brain tumors. For relatively large and spherical brain tumors, the smaller collimator leaf widths give no significant benefit. (C) 2009 American Association of Medical Dosimetrists.
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