Open AccessDosimetric comparison between three dimensional treatment planning system, Monte Carlo simulation and gel dosimetry in nasopharynx phantom for high dose rate brachytherapy
Author(s) -
Zeynab Fazli,
Mahdi Sadeghi,
Mohammad Hasan Zahmatkesh,
Seied Rabi Mahdavi,
Claudio Tenreiro
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.119316
Subject(s) - imaging phantom , dosimeter , brachytherapy , dosimetry , monte carlo method , radiation treatment planning , nuclear medicine , materials science , calibration , dose profile , physics , medical physics , biomedical engineering , radiation therapy , medicine , mathematics , radiology , statistics , quantum mechanics
For the treatment of nasopharnx carcinoma (NPC) using brachytherapy methods and high-energy photon sources are common techniques. In the common three dimensional (3D) treatments planning, all of the computed tomography images are assumed homogeneous. This study presents the results of Monte Carlo calculations for non-homogeneous nasopharynx phantom, MAGICA normoxic gel dosimetry and 3D treatment planning system (TPS).