Estimation of linear energy transfer distribution for broad-beam carbon-ion radiotherapy at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Japan

Radiological Physics and Technology
N KanematsuT Inaniwa

Abstract

A treatment of carbon-ion radiotherapy (CIRT) is generally evaluated using the dose weighted by relative biological effectiveness (RBE) while ignoring the radiation quality varying in the patient. In this study, we have developed a method of estimating linear energy transfer (LET) from the RBE in an archived treatment plan to represent the radiation quality of the treatment. The LET in a beam database was associated with the RBE by two fitting functions per energy, one for the spread-out Bragg peak (SOBP) and the other for shallower depths, to be differentiated by RBE per energy per modulation. The estimated LET was generally consistent with the original calculation within a few keV/μm, except for the overkill region near the distal end of SOBP. The knowledge of experimental radiobiology can thereby be associated with CIRT treatments through LET, which will potentially contribute to deeper understanding of clinical radiobiology and further optimization of CIRT.

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