<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The goal of radiotherapy is to deliver prescribed dose to the target volume and simultaneously minimize the dose to the healthy organs. The purpose of this work was to verify the accuracy of calculations carried out with a treatment planning system (TPS). Measurements carried out with thermoluminescence detectors (TLDs) were compared with doses calculated with TPS. Doses were measured and calculated both in the open beam’s region and under individual blocks. Measurements were performed in the Randophantom. The work was carried out for photon beams generated in the Varian CLINAC 2100C accelerator. The maximum / minimum percentage differences between measured and calculated doses were 4.9/0.6%, 2.6/0%, and 3.5%/0.5% in open, shielded and partially shielded points, respectively. Differences between the measured and calculated doses were within acceptable limits.</p></abstract>

The goal of radiotherapy is to deliver prescribed dose to the target volume and simultaneously minimize the dose to the healthy organs. The purpose of this work was to verify the accuracy of calculations carried out with a treatment planning system (TPS). Measurements carried out with thermoluminescence detectors (TLDs) were compared with doses calculated with TPS. Doses were measured and calculated both in the open beam’s region and under individual blocks. Measurements were performed in the Randophantom. The work was carried out for photon beams generated in the Varian CLINAC 2100C accelerator. The maximum / minimum percentage differences between measured and calculated doses were 4.9/0.6%, 2.6/0%, and 3.5%/0.5% in open, shielded and partially shielded points, respectively. Differences between the measured and calculated doses were within acceptable limits.

Verification of calculations carried out with the Eclipse treatment planning system

Institute of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine (IRNUM)

Institute of Nuclear Medicine Oncology and Radiotherapy (INOR,)

Pakistan Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology (PINSTECH)

Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering

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The goal of radiotherapy is to deliver prescribed dose to the target volume and simultaneously minimize the dose to the healthy organs. The purpose of this...

Verification of calculations carried out with the Eclipse treatment planning system

Published Online: Oct 04, 2018

Page range: 109 - 114

Received: Aug 20, 2017

Accepted: Jun 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2018-0015

Keywords
treatment planning system, radiation dosimetry, thermoluminescence, shielding blocks

© 2018 Habib Ahmad et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Verification of calculations carried out with the Eclipse treatment planning system

Published Online: Oct 04, 2018

Page range: 109 - 114

Received: Aug 20, 2017

Accepted: Jun 26, 2018

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pjmpe-2018-0015

Keywordstreatment planning system, radiation dosimetry, thermoluminescence, shielding blocks

© 2018 Habib Ahmad et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
treatment planning system, radiation dosimetry, thermoluminescence, shielding blocks