1 A Comprehensive Study on the Heterogeneity Dose Calculation Accuracy in IMRT using an Anthropomorphic Thorax Phantom S Davidson 1, R Popple 2, G Ibbott.

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1 A Comprehensive Study on the Heterogeneity Dose Calculation Accuracy in IMRT using an Anthropomorphic Thorax Phantom S Davidson 1, R Popple 2, G Ibbott 1, D Followill 1 1 The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 2 University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, AL

2 Purpose Survey the accuracy of several commercial dose calculations Check the consistency of superposition- convolution implementations Baseline: RPC anthropomorphic thorax phantom

3 Methods & Materials IMRT Treatment Planning Systems (TPS) Superposition-Convolution Pinnacle Eclipse AAA TomoTherapy Pencil-beam w/ effective pathlength correction Corvus Eclipse

4 Methods & Materials TPSBeamsMLC Pinnacle 5 beams 4 coplanar beams (35°, 90°, 150°, 190°) 1 non-coplanar beam (90° couch kick, 30° gantry angle) Static CorvusStatic Eclipse, AAADynamic Eclipse, pencil- beam Dynamic TomoTherapyHelical; pitch 0.3, field-width 2.5cm

5 Methods & Materials Corvus TPS Corvus delivery: MLC & MU Corvus calculation Pinnacle re-calculation Eclipse TPS Eclipse delivery: MLC & MU Eclipse PB Eclipse AAA

6 Methods & Materials Radiological Physics Center (RPC) Anthropomorphic Thoracic Phantom CIRS Lung insert (cylinder) with embedded tumor Fitted for TLD (tumor, heart, cord) and Radiochromic Film (tumor/lung) S LL A Dimensions (cm): 40W x 30H x 30D Disassembled Lung Insert Film Slits Tumor (TLD) Lung Tumor (TLD) Heart Cord Lung L R

7 Methods & Materials TLD Corrected for daily output Radiochromic Film TLD normalization All plans repeated 3 times

8 IMRT QA: IC in water phantom Corvus beyond 5% in IMRT QA Results & Discussion

9 Tumor Point Dose Comparison (corrected) All calculations corrected in response to IMRT QA Results & Discussion

10 Results & Discussion Dose Profiles, Pinnacle

11 Results & Discussion Dose Profiles, Corvus

12 Results & Discussion Dose Profiles, Pinn. Re-calc/Corvus Beams

13 Results & Discussion Dose Profiles, Eclipse AAA

14 Results & Discussion Dose Profiles, Eclipse pencil-beam

15 Results & Discussion Dose Profiles, TomoTherapy

16 Results & Discussion Binary Agreement Maps: GTV PinnacleCorvus Pinnacle calc/Corvus

17 Results & Discussion Binary Agreement Maps: GTV Color Code not testedFails all criteria ±7%/7mm±5%/3mmTest Criteria Eclipse AAA Eclipse PBTomoTherapy GTV

18 Results & Discussion Binary Agreement Maps: Summary

19 Conclusions The accuracy of dose calculations from several common IMRT TPSs was evaluated. Superposition convolution based- algorithms met the ±5%/3 mm criteria Pencil-beam with an effective pathlength correction did not meet the criteria Pinnacle, Eclipse AAA, and TomoTherapy apply superposition convolution accurately.

20 References 1 S. Davidson, K. Prado, G. Ibbott, and D. Followill, "SU-FF-T-255: Hetergeneity Dose Calculation Accuracy in IMRT Using An Anthropomorphic Thorax Phantom," Medical Physics 33 (6), 2106 (2006). 2 N. Papanikolaou, J. J. Battista, A. L. Boyer, C. Kappas, E. E. Klein, T. R. Mackie, M. Sharpe, and J. Van Dyk, "Tissue Inhomogeneity Corrections for Megavoltage Photon Beams," AAPM Task Group #65 Radiation Therapy Commitee (2004).