Dose estimation to critical organs from vertex field treatment of brain tumors

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
I J DasB Fowble

Abstract

Radiation management of intracranial tumors may require a noncoplanar vertex field that often irradiates the entire length of the body. In view of radiation related risks to the normal tissues dose estimation to the extracranial organs such as the thyroid gland, spinal cord, heart, and genitalia is performed for a vertex field. A vertex field used clinically was reproduced on an anthropomorphic Rando phantom to measure radiation dose to various organs in the primary beam. Three photon beams (4, 6, and 10 MV), and two high energy electron beams (16 and 20 MeV) were used. Dosimetry was performed with an ion chamber sandwiched between phantom slices at the appropriate positions. All doses were normalized to the target dose at a depth of 5 cm. The effect of the head position was studied by rotating the gantry angle up to +/-20 degrees to mimic the extension and flexion of the head. Theoretical calculation was performed using an exponential best fit to the depth dose table to estimate the dose to various points and compare with the measured dose. The measured normalized dose to the cervical cord, thyroid, heart, and female and male gonads are 60, 36, 16, 2.5, and 1.6%, respectively, for a 6 MV photon beam. The dose from 4 MV and 10 ...Continue Reading

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