Treatment plans optimization for contrast-enhanced synchrotron stereotactic radiotherapy

Medical Physics
M EdouardJean-François Adam

Abstract

Synchrotron stereotactic radiotherapy (SSRT) is a treatment that involves the targeting of high-Z elements into tumors followed by stereotactic irradiation with monochromatic x-rays from a synchrotron source, tuned at an optimal energy. The irradiation geometry, as well as the secondary particles generated at a higher yield by the medium energy x-rays on the high-Z atoms (characteristic x-rays, photoelectrons, and Auger electrons), produces a localized dose enhancement in the tumor. Iodine-enhanced SSRT with systemic injections of iodinated contrast agents has been successfully developed in the past six years in the team, and is currently being transferred to clinical trials. The purpose of this work is to study the impact on the SSRT treatment of the contrast agent type, the beam quality, the irradiation geometry, and the beam weighting for defining an optimized SSRT treatment plan. Theoretical dosimetry was performed using the MCNPX particle transport code. The simulated geometry was an idealized phantom representing a human head. A virtual target was positioned in the central part of the phantom or off-centered by 4 cm. The authors investigated the dosimetric characteristics of SSRT for various contrast agents: Iodine, gadol...Continue Reading

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