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  • Radiation Oncology
  • Radiotherapy Physics

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  • Intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is a precise radiotherapy technique.
  • Accurate dose calculation and quality assurance (QA) are critical for effective IMRT.
  • Patient-specific QA is essential to verify treatment accuracy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate beam delivery system characteristics influencing IMRT dose distribution.
  • To evaluate the impact of these characteristics on patient-specific IMRT QA results.
  • To identify key factors affecting dose accuracy in IMRT.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Monte Carlo simulations with in-house software for dose calculations.
  • Developed intensity maps from actual IMRT leaf sequences.
  • Compared dose distributions considering and not considering beam delivery system characteristics.

Main Results:

  • Intensity map resolution of 0.2 x 0.2 mm² or smaller is necessary for accurate IMRT dose calculation.
  • Extrafocal source, MLC leaf thickness, leakage, tongue-and-groove, and leaf offset individually impact mean dose by up to 7.8%.
  • Combined effects lead to up to 8% mean dose uncertainty and 6.4% voxel dose uncertainty.

Conclusions:

  • Beam delivery system characteristics are primary contributors to measurement-based IMRT QA uncertainty.
  • Current treatment planning systems often do not fully account for these critical factors.
  • Improved modeling of beam delivery is needed for enhanced IMRT QA accuracy.