Open AccessOut-of-field dose calculation by a commercial treatment planning system and comparison by monte carlo simulation for varian TrueBeam®
Author(s) -
N S Shine,
Raghukumar Paramu,
M Gopinath,
RC Jaon Bos,
P. M. Jayadevan
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical physics/journal of medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1998-3913
pISSN - 0971-6203
DOI - 10.4103/jmp.jmp_82_18
Subject(s) - truebeam , monte carlo method , linear particle accelerator , nuclear medicine , field (mathematics) , radiation treatment planning , physics , imaging phantom , computer science , computational physics , mathematics , statistics , optics , medicine , beam (structure) , radiology , pure mathematics , radiation therapy
The calculation accuracy of treatment planning systems (TPSs) drops drastically when the points outside the field edges are considered. The real accuracy of a TPS and linear accelerator (linac) combination for regions outside the field edge is a subject which demands more study. In this study, the accuracy of out-of-field dose calculated by a TPS, used with a TrueBeam ® (TB) linac, is quantified.