Precision radiotherapy using monochromatic inverse Compton x-ray sources

被引:5
作者
Simiele, Eric A. [1 ]
Breitkreutz, Dylan Y. [1 ]
Capaldi, Dante P., I [1 ]
Liu, Wu [1 ]
Bush, Karl K. [1 ]
Skinner, Lawrie B. [1 ]
机构
[1] Stanford Univ, Dept Radiat Oncol, Stanford, CA 94305 USA
关键词
inverse compton; kilovoltage; monochromatic X‐ ray; radiotherapy; RADIATION-THERAPY; TRANSPORT; HISTORY; CODE;
D O I
10.1002/mp.14552
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
Purpose The dosimetric properties of inverse Compton (IC) x-ray sources were investigated to determine their utility for stereotactic radiation therapy. Methods Monte Carlo simulations were performed using the egs brachy user code of EGSnrc. Nominal IC source x-ray energies of 80 and 150 keV were considered in this work. Depth-dose and lateral dose profiles in water were calculated, as was dose enhancement in the bone. Further simulations were performed for brain and spine treatment sites. The impact of gold nanoparticle doping was also investigated for the brain treatment site. Analogous dose calculations were performed in a clinical treatment planning system using a clinical 6 MV photon beam model and were compared to the Monte Carlo simulations. Results Both 80 and 150 keV IC beams were observed to have sharp 80-20 penumbra (i.e., < 0.1 mm) with broad low-dose tails in water. For reference, the calculated penumbra for the 6 MV clinical beam was 3 mm. Maximum dose enhancement factors in bone of 3.1, 1.4, and 1.1 were observed for the 80, 150 keV, and clinical 6 MV beams, respectively. The plan quality for the single brain metastasis case was similar between the IC beams and the 6 MV beam without gold nanoparticles. As the concentration of gold within the target increased, the V12 Gy to the normal brain tissue and Dmax within the target volume significantly decreased and the conformity significantly improved, which resulted in superior plan quality over the clinical 6 MV beam plan. In the spine cases, the sharp penumbra and enhanced dose to bone of the IC beams produced superior plan quality (i.e., better conformity, normal tissue sparing, and spinal cord sparing) as compared to the clinical 6 MV beam plans. Conclusions The findings from this work indicate that inverse Compton x-ray sources are well suited for stereotactic radiotherapy treatments due to their sharp penumbra and dose enhancement around high atomic number materials. Future work includes investigating the properties of intensity-modulated inverse Compton x-ray sources to improve the homogeneity within the target tissue.
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页码:366 / 375
页数:10
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