Impact of lung density on isolated lung tumor dose in VMAT using inline MR-Linac |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, 4-24-1 Kuhonji, Kumamoto, Japan;2. Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kumamoto University, 4-24-1 Kuhonji, Kumamoto, Japan;3. Kokura Memorial Hospital, 3-2-1 Asano, Kokura, Fukuoka, Japan;4. Saga Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Tosu, 3049 Koga-machi, Tosu, Saga, Japan;5. National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, 1-8-1 Jigyouhama, Fukuoka, Japan |
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Abstract: | PurposeThis study investigated the impact of lung density on the isolated lung tumor dose for volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT) in an inline magnetic resonance linear accelerator (MR-Linac) using the Monte Carlo (MC) simulation.MethodsCT images of the thorax phantoms with lung tumors of 1, 2, and 3 cm diameters were converted into voxel-base phantoms with lung densities of 0.1, 0.2, and 0.3 g/cm3, respectively. The dose distributions were calculated for partial-arc VMAT. The dose distributions were compared using dose differences, dose volume histograms, and dose volume indices.ResultsIn all cases, the inline magnetic field significantly enhanced the lung tumor dose compared to that at 0 T. For the 1 cm lung tumor, the inline magnetic field of 1 T increased the minimum dose of 95% of the Planning target volume (PTV D95) by 14.0% in 0.1 g/cm3 lung density as compared to that in 0.3 g/cm3 at 0 T. In contrast, at 0 and 0.5 T, the PTV D95 in 0.3 g/cm3 lung density was larger than that in lung density of 0.1 g/cm3. For the 2 cm lung tumor, a similar tendency to 1 cm was observed, whereas the dose impact of lung density was smaller than that for 1 cm. For the 3 cm lung tumor, the lung tumor dose was independent of lung density at 0.5 T and 1.0 T.ConclusionThe inline MR-Linac with the magnetic field over 1 T can enhance the PTV D95 for VMAT regardless of the lung density. |
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Keywords: | MR-Linac Isolated lung tumor Lung density Monte Carlo method |
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