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Treatment Machine Calibra0on (TG51) and Monitor Unit Calcula0ons By Vibha Chaswal, PhD Mentors: Dr. Alfredo R Siochi, Edward Pennington

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Page 1: TG-51 and Clinical Monitor Unit Calculations

Treatment  Machine  Calibra0on  (TG51)  

and  Monitor  Unit  Calcula0ons  By    

Vibha  Chaswal,  PhD  

Mentors:  Dr.  Alfredo  R  Siochi,  Edward  Pennington  

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ObjecBves  

•  Nuances  of  Clinical  MU  calculaBons    •  TG-­‐51  protocol:  clinical  reference  dosimetry  procedures  for  high  energy  photons  and  electron  beams  

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Part  1:  MU  CalculaBons  

•  Hand-­‐calculaBons  performed  over  number  of  cases  

•  Performed  using  TPR  technique  

•  MU  equaBons:  

MUTPR =Dose / fx * beam weight

K *TPR@ calc depth for fs@ calc * Spfs@ calc * Sccoll fs * ISF *OAR@ calc depth for off -axis distance *TF *WF

MUPDD =Dose / fx * beam weight

K *PDD@ calc depth for fs @ surface, SSD * Spfs@ surface * Sccoll fs * ISF *OAR@ calc depth for off -axis distance *TF *WF

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SAD  

10x10

10 cm

10x10

10 cm

SSD  

Clinical  Reference  dosimetry  set-­‐up:  SAD  and  SSD  

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Dose  CalculaBon  point  Reference  

calibraBon  point  

100  cm  

Source   Source  

Dose  to  the  Water  Phantom  at  reference  condi0ons  =>  Dose  at  any  point  in  the  pa0ent    

Hand  Calcula0ons  are  a  stepwise  transla0on  

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Hand  MU  calculaBons  

i.  Iso-­‐centric  calculaBons  ii.  Point  off  Isocenter  in  the  iso-­‐centric  plane  (AP/

PA)  iii.  Point  off  isocenter  off  the  iso-­‐centric  plane  (AP/

PA)  iv.  Whole  brain  v.  TangenBal  asymmetric  fields  –  Breast  plan  vi.  4  field  breast  –  PAB  /super-­‐calv  and  tangenBal  

fields  

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Error  eliminaBon  in  hand  calcs:  correct  field  size  esBmaBon  

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….Or  use  %  esBmaBon  for  blocked  area  

Rearrange  MLCs  to  get  simpler  shapes….  

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Error  elimina0on:  calc  point  depth  

Either  measure  physical  depth  from  pinnacle,  or  use  effec0ve  depth  reported  by  Pinnacle  TPS  

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Other  lessons  

Account  for  missing  Bssue   Use  correct  ISF,  big  difference    MU  calculaBons  in  dmax  region  have  more  uncertainty  

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TangenBal  breast/chest  wall  tx  and  4-­‐field  breast  tx  

Involves:  -­‐  Constantly  changing  breast  contour  and  volume  in  the  field  -­‐  Oblique  surface  contour  -­‐  Asymmetric  Jaw  -­‐  Off-­‐axis  calculaBon  point  

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TG-­‐51  CalibraBon  

•  TG-­‐51  calibraBon  for  6X  photon  beam  –  Elekta  •  TG-­‐51  calibraBon  for  all  Photon  and  Electron  Energies  on  Oncor  A  

Lessons:  

-­‐  EffecBve  point  of  measurement  and  point  of  measurement  depths  

-­‐  What  is  real  dmax  

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Thank  you!!!