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KMID : 1038720170280040144
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Progress in Medical Physics
2017 Volume.28 No. 4 p.144 ~ p.148
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Dosimetric Impact of Ti Mesh on Proton Beam Therapy
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Cho Shin-Haeng
Goh Young-Moon
Kim Chan-Kyu
Kim Hak-Soo
Jeong Jong-Hwi
Lim Young-Kyung
Lee Se-Byeong
Shin Dong-Ho
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Abstract
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When a high density metallic implant is placed in the path of the proton beam, spatial heterogeneity can be caused due to artifacts in three dimensional (3D) computed tomography (CT) scans. These artifacts result in range uncertainty in dose calculation in treatment planning system (TPS). And this uncertainty may cause significant underdosing to the target volume or overdosing to normal tissue beyond the target. In clinical cases, metal implants must be placed in the beam path in order to preserve organ at risk (OARs) and increase target coverage for tumors. So we should introduce Ti-mesh. In this paper, we measured the lateral dose profile for proton beam using an EBT3 film to confirm dosimetric impact of Ti-mesh when the Ti-mesh plate was placed in the proton beam pathway. The effect of Ti-mesh on the proton beam was investigated by comparing the lateral dose profile calculated from TPS with the film-measured value under the same conditions.
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KEYWORD
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Ti-mesh, Proton, Artifact, TPS, EBT3 film
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