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SU‐E‐T‐376: 3‐D Commissioning for An Image‐Guided Small Animal Micro‐ Irradiation Platform
Author(s) -
Qian X,
Admovics J,
Wuu C
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.4888709
Subject(s) - dosimeter , isocenter , irradiation , scanner , optics , materials science , nuclear medicine , perpendicular , rotation (mathematics) , reproducibility , dosimetry , physics , medical imaging , cone beam computed tomography , radiation , imaging phantom , computer science , computed tomography , medicine , mathematics , artificial intelligence , geometry , radiology , statistics , nuclear physics
Purpose: A 3‐D radiochromic plastic dosimeter has been used to cross‐test the isocentricity of a high resolution image‐guided small animal microirradiation platform. In this platform, the mouse stage rotating for cone beam CT imaging is perpendicular to the gantry rotation for sub‐millimeter radiation delivery. A 3‐D dosimeter can be used to verify both imaging and irradiation coordinates. Methods: A 3‐D dosimeter and optical CT scanner were used in this study. In the platform, both mouse stage and gantry can rotate 360° with rotation axis perpendicular to each other. Isocentricity and coincidence of mouse stage and gantry rotations were evaluated using star patterns. A 3‐D dosimeter was placed on mouse stage with center at platform isocenter approximately. For CBCT isocentricity, with gantry moved to 90°, the mouse stage rotated horizontally while the x‐ray was delivered to the dosimeter at certain angles. For irradiation isocentricity, the gantry rotated 360° to deliver beams to the dosimeter at certain angles for star patterns. The uncertainties and agreement of both CBCT and irradiation isocenters can be determined from the star patterns. Both procedures were repeated 3 times using 3 dosimeters to determine short‐term reproducibility. Finally, dosimeters were scanned using optical CT scanner to obtain the results. Results: The gantry isocentricity is 0.9 ± 0.1 mm and mouse stage rotation isocentricity is about 0.91 ± 0.11 mm. Agreement between the measured isocenters of irradiation and imaging coordinates was determined. The short‐term reproducibility test yielded 0.5 ± 0.1 mm between the imaging isocenter and the irradiation isocenter, with a maximum displacement of 0.7 ± 0.1 mm. Conclusion: The 3‐D dosimeter can be very useful in precise verification of targeting for a small animal irradiation research. In addition, a single 3‐D dosimeter can provide information in both geometric and dosimetric uncertainty, which is crucial for translational studies.