Dosimetric impact of an {sup 192}Ir brachytherapy source cable length modeled using a grid-based Boltzmann transport equation solver
- Department of Radiation Physics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States) and University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas 77030 (United States)
Purpose: To evaluate the dose distributions of an {sup 192}Ir source (model VS2000) in homogeneous water geometry calculated using a deterministic grid-based Boltzmann transport equation solver (GBBS) in the commercial treatment planning system (TPS) (BRACHYVISION-ACUROS v8.8). Methods: Using percent dose differences (%{Delta}D), the GBBS (BV-ACUROS) was compared to the (1) published TG-43 data, (2) MCNPX Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of the {sup 192}Ir source centered in a 15 cm radius water sphere, and (3) TG-43 output from the TPS using vendor supplied (BV-TG43-vendor) and user extended (BV-TG43-extended) 2D anisotropy functions F(r,{theta}). BV-ACUROS assumes 1 mm of NiTi cable, while the TPS TG-43 algorithm uses data based on a 15 cm cable. MC models of various cable lengths were simulated. Results: The MC simulations resulted in >20% dose deviations along the cable for 1, 2, and 3 mm cable lengths relative to 15 cm. BV-ACUROS comparisons with BV-TG43-vendor and BV-TG43-extended yielded magnitude of differences, consistent with those seen in MC simulations. However, differences >20% extended further ({theta}{<=}10 deg.) when using the vendor supplied anisotropy function F{sub ven}(r,{theta}). These differences were also seen in comparisons of F(r,{theta}) derived from the TPS output. Conclusions: The results suggest that %{Delta}D near the cable region is larger than previously estimated. The spatial distribution of the dose deviation is highly dependent on the reference TG-43 data used to compare to GBBS. The differences observed, while important to realize, should not have an impact on clinical dosimetry in homogeneous water.
- OSTI ID:
- 22100586
- Journal Information:
- Medical Physics, Vol. 37, Issue 9; Other Information: (c) 2010 American Association of Physicists in Medicine; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-2405
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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