A full-scale clinical prototype for proton range verification using prompt gamma-ray spectroscopy

被引：118

作者：

Hueso-Gonzalez, Fernando

Rabe, Moritz

Ruggieri, Thomas A.

Bortfeld, Thomas

Verburg, Joost M. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Massachusetts Gen Hosp, Dept Radiat Oncol, Boston, MA 02114 USA

来源：

PHYSICS IN MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY | 2018年 / 63卷 / 18期

关键词：

prompt gamma-rays; proton therapy; range verification; radiotherapy; gamma-ray detection; COMPTON CAMERA; 1ST TEST; ENERGY; OPTIMIZATION; TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; EMISSION; BEAMS;

D O I：

10.1088/1361-6560/aad513

中图分类号：

R318 [生物医学工程];

学科分类号：

0831 ;

摘要：

We present a full-scale clinical prototype system for in vivo range verification of proton pencil-beams using the prompt gamma-ray spectroscopy method. The detection system consists of eight LaBr3 scintillators and a tungsten collimator, mounted on a rotating frame. Custom electronics and calibration algorithms have been developed for the measurement of energy- and time-resolved gamma-ray spectra during proton irradiation at a clinical dose rate. Using experimentally determined nuclear reaction cross sections and a GPU-accelerated Monte Carlo simulation, a detailed model of the expected gamma-ray emissions is created for each individual pencil-beam. The absolute range of the proton pencil-beams is determined by minimizing the discrepancy between the measurement and this model, leaving the absolute range of the beam and the elemental concentrations of the irradiated matter as free parameters. The system was characterized in a clinical-like situation by irradiating different phantoms with a scanning pencil-beam. A dose of 0.9 Gy was delivered to a 5 x 10 x 10 cm(3) target with a beam current of 2 nA incident on the phantom. Different range shifters and materials were used to test the robustness of the verification method and to calculate the accuracy of the detected range. The absolute proton range was determined for each spot of the distal energy layer with a mean statistical precision of 1.1 mm at a 95% confidence level and a mean systematic deviation of 0.5 mm, when aggregating pencil-beam spots within a cylindrical region of 10 mm radius and 10 mm depth. Small range errors that we introduced were successfully detected and even large differences in the elemental composition do not affect the range verification accuracy. These results show that our system is suitable for range verification during patient treatments in our upcoming clinical study.

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