An Attempted Substitute Study of Total Skin Electron Therapy Technique by Using Helical Photon Tomotherapy with Helical Irradiation of the Total Skin Treatment: A Phantom Result
Joint Authors
Hsieh, Chen-Hsi
Lin, Chi-Ta
Shiau, An-Cheng
Tien, Hui-Ju
Yeh, Hsin-Pei
Shueng, Pei-Wei
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-07-30
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
An anthropomorphic phantom was used to investigate a treatment technique and analyze the dose distributions for helical irradiation of the total skin (HITS) by helical tomotherapy (HT).
Hypothetical bolus of thicknesses of 0, 10, and 15 mm was added around the phantom body to account for the dose homogeneity and setup uncertainty.
A central core structure was assigned as a “complete block” to force the dose tangential delivery.
HITS technique with prescribed dose (Dp) of 36 Gy in 36 fractions was generated.
The radiochromic EBT2 films were used for the dose measurements.
The target region with 95.0% of the Dp received by more than 95% of the PTV was obtained.
The calculated mean doses for the organs at risk (OARs) were 4.69, 3.10, 3.20, and 2.94 Gy for the lung, heart, liver, and kidneys, respectively.
The measurement doses on a phantom surface for a plan with 10 mm hypothetical bolus and bolus thicknesses of 0, 1, 2, and 3 mm are 89.5%, 111.4%, 116.9%, and 117.7% of Dp, respectively.
HITS can provide an accurate and uniform treatment dose in the skin with limited doses to OARs and is safe to replace a total skin electron beam regimen.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lin, Chi-Ta& Shiau, An-Cheng& Tien, Hui-Ju& Yeh, Hsin-Pei& Shueng, Pei-Wei& Hsieh, Chen-Hsi. 2013. An Attempted Substitute Study of Total Skin Electron Therapy Technique by Using Helical Photon Tomotherapy with Helical Irradiation of the Total Skin Treatment: A Phantom Result. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1003265
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lin, Chi-Ta…[et al.]. An Attempted Substitute Study of Total Skin Electron Therapy Technique by Using Helical Photon Tomotherapy with Helical Irradiation of the Total Skin Treatment: A Phantom Result. BioMed Research International No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1003265
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lin, Chi-Ta& Shiau, An-Cheng& Tien, Hui-Ju& Yeh, Hsin-Pei& Shueng, Pei-Wei& Hsieh, Chen-Hsi. An Attempted Substitute Study of Total Skin Electron Therapy Technique by Using Helical Photon Tomotherapy with Helical Irradiation of the Total Skin Treatment: A Phantom Result. BioMed Research International. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1003265
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1003265