SU-E-T-152: Development of a Phantom for Commissioning and Patient Specific QA for Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT)

Medical Physics
R Holla, B Pillai

Abstract

To design a cost effective phantom for commissioning tests and patient specific quality assurance in VMAT techniqueMethods: The phantom is made of PMMA with the physical density of 1.18 gm/cc. It consists of 20 numbers of 20cm diameter discs connected together in a horizontal stack, making a cylinder of length 20cm. The centers of the discs are drilled with 2.1cm hole which accommodates chamber sleeve of near 2.1cm diameter, which is made of Delrin with the physical density of 1.414gm/cc. The cylindrical geometry of the phantom is ideal for rotational therapy QA like VMAT or Rapid arc. The entire phantom is self supporting and hence no supporting bar or holders are in the path of beam geometry. The chamber sleeve itself acts as the supporting rod for these discs and it can be inserted in to the disc assembly from distance of-9cm to +10cm from the origin and hence any axial point from -9cm to +10cm with respect to isocenter can be used for point dose measurement. The other side of the chamber sleeve is filled by spacer rod for sustaining the discs in place. The films can be inserted, transversely in any XZ plane from -9cm to +10cm from the origin between the discs next to the chamber center. Simultaneous irradiation for the cham...Continue Reading

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