The energy margin strategy for reducing dose variation due to setup uncertainty in intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) delivered with distal edge tracking (DET)

Miao Zhang; Ryan T Flynn; Xiaohu Mo; Thomas Rock Mackie

doi:10.1120/jacmp.v13i5.3863

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The energy margin strategy for reducing dose variation due to setup uncertainty in intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) delivered with distal edge tracking (DET)

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The energy margin strategy for reducing dose variation due to setup uncertainty in intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) delivered with distal edge tracking (DET)

Miao Zhang, Ryan T Flynn, Xiaohu Mo and Thomas Rock Mackie

Journal of applied clinical medical physics, Vol.13(5), pp.3863-3863

09/2012

DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i5.3863

PMCID: PMC5718234

PMID: 22955652

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Abstract

Intensity-modulated proton therapy (IMPT) can produce plans with similar target dose conformity but lower normal tissue dose than intensity-modulated X-ray therapy (IMXT). However, due to the finite range of proton beams in tissue, proton therapy treatment plans are usually more sensitive to setup uncertainties than X-ray therapy plans. In this work, the energy margin (EM) concept, which was initially developed for passive scattering proton therapy, was generalized to apply to IMPT treatment planning. The effectiveness of the EM method was evaluated on five head-and-neck cancer patients with distal edge tracking (DET) treatment plans by comparing the original plans (ORG) without an EM to those with an EM. Three beam arrangements were considered: 24 beams delivered over a 360° arc, 12 beams delivered over a 180° arc, and 12 beams delivered over two 90° fan angles. Setup uncertainty was modeled by sampling rigid translational shifts from a Gaussian distribution with a mean of 0 mm and standard deviation of 2 mm in all directions. Delivered dose distributions for all 30 fractions were recalculated using the Geant4 Monte Carlo code. Normalized total dose (NTD) for both the CTV and a ring structure surrounding the PTV were recorded. The plan quality comparison revealed that EM plans had the same CTV coverage but higher dose to the normal tissue than ORG plans. After the simulated delivery, ORG plans resulted in more than 3% underdosage to 5% of the CTV volume in all three beam arrangements, whereas the EM plans did not. Both ORG and EM plans did not produce more than of the ring structure. The use of an EM for IMPT treatment 5% overdose to D 2% planning can substantially reduce sensitivity of the resulting dose distributions to setup uncertainty.

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Title: Subtitle: The energy margin strategy for reducing dose variation due to setup uncertainty in intensity modulated proton therapy (IMPT) delivered with distal edge tracking (DET)
Creators: Miao Zhang - Department of Radiation Oncology, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ
Ryan T Flynn - Radiation Oncology Department, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
Xiaohu Mo - Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Thomas Rock Mackie - Department of Medical Physics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of applied clinical medical physics, Vol.13(5), pp.3863-3863
DOI: 10.1120/jacmp.v13i5.3863
PMID: 22955652
PMCID: PMC5718234
NLM abbreviation: J Appl Clin Med Phys
ISSN: 1526-9914
eISSN: 1526-9914
Language: English
Date published: 09/2012
Academic Unit: Radiation Oncology
Record Identifier: 9984047622602771

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