Towards reference dosimetry for the MR-linac: magnetic field correction of the ionization chamber reading

被引：102

作者：

Smit, K. ^{[1
]}

van Asselen, B. ^{[1
]}

Kok, J. G. M. ^{[1
]}

Aalbers, A. H. L. ^{[1
]}

Lagendijk, J. J. W. ^{[1
]}

Raaymakers, B. W. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Med Ctr Utrecht, Dept Radiotherapy, NL-3584 CX Utrecht, Netherlands

来源：

PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY | 2013年 / 58卷 / 17期

关键词：

MV RADIOTHERAPY ACCELERATOR; SCANNER; PHOTON; IMPACT;

D O I：

10.1088/0031-9155/58/17/5945

中图分类号：

R318 [生物医学工程];

学科分类号：

0831 ;

摘要：

In the UMC Utrecht a prototype MR-linac has been installed. The system consists of a 6 MV Elekta (Crawley, UK) linear accelerator and a 1.5 T Philips (Best, The Netherlands) Achieva MRI system. This paper investigates the feasibility to correct the ionization chamber reading for the magnetic field within the dosimetry calibration method described by Almond et al (1999 Med. Phys. 26 1847-70). Firstly, the feasibility of using an ionization chamber in an MR-linac was assessed by investigating possible influences of the magnetic field on NE2571 Farmer-type ionization chamber characteristics: linearity, repeatability, orientation in the magnetic field; and AAPM TG51 correction factor for voltage polarity and ion recombination. We found that these AAPM correction factors for the NE2571 chamber were not influenced by the magnetic field. Secondly, the influence of the permanent 1.5 T magnetic field on the NE2571 chamber reading was quantified. The reading is influenced by the magnetic field; therefore, a correction factor has been added. For the standardized setup used in this paper, the NE2571 chamber reading increases by 4.9% (+/- 0.2%) due to the transverse 1.5 T magnetic field. Dosimetry measurements in an MR-linac are feasible, if a setup-specific magnetic field correction factor (P-1.5T) for the charge reading is introduced. For the setup investigated in this paper, the P-1.5T has a value of 0.953.

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页码：5945 / 5957

页数：13

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