Dose Verification of Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy using One and Two Dimensional Dosimeters

TL;DR

This study assesses the accuracy of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) dose delivery for head and neck cancer using 1D and 2D dosimeters, demonstrating good agreement between planned and delivered doses.

Contribution

It introduces a comprehensive method for verifying VMAT dose accuracy with TLDs and films in a head and neck phantom, enhancing quality assurance procedures.

Findings

Percent dose difference of 3.8% between planned and measured doses.

Iso-dose line profile agreement within 1.5mm DTA.

Gamma analysis passing rate with 3 ext{ extperthousand}3mm criteria.

Abstract

Purpose: To verify dose delivery and quality assurance of volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) for head and neck cancer. Method: The Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core Houston (IROC-H) head and neck phantom with thermo- luminescent dosimeters (TLDs) and films, were imaged with computed tomography scan and the reconstructed image was transferred to pinnacle treatment planning system (TPS). On TPS the planning target volume (PTV), secondary target volume (STV) and organ at risk (OAR) were delineated manually and a treatment plan was made. The dose constraints were determined for the concerned organs according to IROC-H prescription. The treatment plan was optimized using adoptive convolution algorithm to improve dose homogeneity and conformity. The dose calculation was performed using C.C Convolution algorithm and a Varian True Beam linear accelerator was used to deliver the treatment plan to the head and neck phantom. The delivered radiation dose to the phantom was measured through TLDs and GafChromic EBT2 films. The dosimetric performance of the VMAT delivery was studied by analysing percent dose difference, iso-dose line profile and gamma analysis of the TPS computed dose and linac delivered doses. Result: the percent dose difference of 3.8\% was observed between the planned and measured doses of TLDs and a 1.5mm distance to agreement (DTA) was observed by comparing iso-dose line profiles. Passed the gamma criteria of 3\%/3 mm was with good percentages. Conclusion: The dosimetric performance of VMAT delivery for a challenging head and neck radiotherapy can be verified using TLDs and films imbedded in an anthropomorphic H\&N phantom.