Optimized I-values for use with the Bragg additivity rule and their impact on proton stopping power and range uncertainty

Physics in Medicine and Biology
Esther BärHugo Bouchard

Abstract

Novel imaging modalities can improve the estimation of patient elemental compositions for particle treatment planning. The mean excitation energy (I-value) is a main contributor to the proton range uncertainty. To minimize their impact on beam range errors and quantify their uncertainties, the currently used I-values proposed in 1982 are revisited. The study aims at proposing a new set of optimized elemental I-values for use with the Bragg additivity rule (BAR) and establishing uncertainties on the optimized I-values and the BAR. We optimize elemental I-values for the use in compounds based on measured material I-values. We gain a new set of elemental I-values and corresponding uncertainties, based on the experimental uncertainties and our uncertainty model. We evaluate uncertainties on I-values and relative stopping powers (RSP) of 70 human tissues, taking into account statistical correlations between tissues and water. The effect of new I-values on proton beam ranges is quantified using Monte Carlo simulations. Our elemental I-values describe measured material I-values with higher accuracy than ICRU-recommended I-values (RMSE: 6.17% (ICRU), 5.19% (this work)). Our uncertainty model estimates an uncertainty component from the ...Continue Reading

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