Measurement-based model of a wide-bore CT scanner for Monte Carlo dosimetric calculations with GMCTdospp software |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Dpt of Radiation Oncology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete (CHUA), Spain;2. Dpt of Radiology, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete (CHUA), Spain;3. Dpt of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Son Espases, Palma de Mallorca, Spain;4. Radiation Oncology Department, ICMHO, Hospital Clinic, University of Barcelona, IDIBAPS, Spain;5. Unidad de Medicina Molecular, Centro Regional de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain;6. Unidad asociada de Biomedicina, UCLM-CSIC, Albacete, Spain;7. Dpt of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Universitari Sant Joan, Reus, Spain;1. Department of Medical Physics and Engineering, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK;2. Department of Clinical Oncology, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK;1. Erasmus MC – Cancer Institute, Department of Radiation Oncology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands;2. Erasmus MC, Department of Medical Informatics and Radiology, Rotterdam, The Netherlands |
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| Abstract: | The aim of this work was to create a model of a wide-bore Siemens Somatom Sensation Open CT scanner for use with GMCTdospp, which is an EGSnrc-based software tool dedicated for Monte Carlo calculations of dose in CT examinations.The method was based on matching spectrum and filtration to half value layer and dose profile, and thus was similar to the method of Turner et al. (Med. Phys. 36, pp. 2154–2164). Input data on unfiltered beam spectra were taken from two sources: the TASMIP model and IPEM Report 78. Two sources of HVL data were also used, namely measurements and documentation. Dose profile along the fan-beam was measured with Gafchromic RTQA-1010 (QA+) film. Two-component model of filtration was assumed: bow-tie filter made of aluminum with 0.5 mm thickness on central axis, and flat filter made of one of four materials: aluminum, graphite, lead, or titanium.Good agreement between calculations and measurements was obtained for models based on the measured values of HVL. Doses calculated with GMCTdospp differed from the doses measured with pencil ion chamber placed in PMMA phantom by less than 5%, and root mean square difference for four tube potentials and three positions in the phantom did not exceed 2.5%. The differences for models based on HVL values from documentation exceeded 10%. Models based on TASMIP spectra and IPEM78 spectra performed equally well. |
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| Keywords: | CT Radiation dose Monte Carlo dose simulations GMCTdospp |
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