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A method of describing the characteristics of flattening filter-free photon beam
Fu Guishan, Wang qian, Chen Jiayun, Zhang Ke, Yan Lingling, Dai Jianrong
Department of Radiation Oncology,National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital,Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences,Peking Union Medical College,Beijing 100021,China;
AbstractObjective To establish a novel method of describing the off-axis ratio (OAR) characteristics of the flattening filter-free (FFF) beam. Methods The OAR curves at a depth of 1.5,5,10 and 20 cm were measured for Varian Edge,Elekta VersaHD and Tomotherapy using the water tank. The second derivatives of the OAR in the positive and negative directions were calculated. The center of the line connecting the maximum and minimum second derivatives was defined as the field edge. The distance between the left and right field edges was defined as the dosimetric field size. The OAR curve within the 80% of dosimetric field size was fitted using the gaussian function and the fitting parameters were adopted to describe the shape of OAR. Results The calculated field size error was less than 0.11 cm and the central axis position error was less than 0.05 cm. The fitting correlation coefficient was greater than 0.998.The fitting maximum error of OAR curve did not significantly alter with the depth, whereas slightly increased over the increased field size. The maximum error for a field size of 10,20,30 and 40 cm was 0.49%,0.67%,1.25% and 2.52%,respectively. Conclusions A method which can independently and accurately describe the OAR characteristics of FFF photon beam is established for the first time,which can calculate the field size of FFF beam and fit the OAR curve of FFF beam using the gaussian function.
Corresponding Authors:
Dai Jianrong,Email:jianrong_dai@163.com
Cite this article:
Fu Guishan,Wang qian,Chen Jiayun et al. A method of describing the characteristics of flattening filter-free photon beam[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2019, 28(1): 52-56.
Fu Guishan,Wang qian,Chen Jiayun et al. A method of describing the characteristics of flattening filter-free photon beam[J]. Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology, 2019, 28(1): 52-56.
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