Physics – Medical Physics
Scientific paper
2007-11-27
Phys Med Biol. 2008 May 21;53(12):3113-3127
Physics
Medical Physics
16 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
10.1088/0031-9155/53/12/003
A model for beam customization with collimators and a range-compensating filter based on the phase-space theory for beam transport is presented for dose distribution calculation in treatment planning of radiotherapy with protons and heavier ions. Independent handling of pencil beams in conventional pencil-beam algorithms causes unphysical collimator-height dependence in the middle of large fields, which is resolved by the framework comprised of generation, transport, collimation, regeneration, range-compensation, and edge-sharpening processes with a matrix of pencil beams. The model was verified to be consistent with measurement and analytic estimation at a submillimeter level in penumbra of individual collimators with a combinational-collimated carbon-ion beam. The model computation is fast, accurate, and readily applicable to pencil-beam algorithms in treatment planning with capability of combinational collimation to make best use of the beam-customization devices.
Ishizaki Azusa
Kanematsu Nobuyuki
Torikoshi Masami
Yonai Shunsuke
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