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  • Medical Physics
  • Radiation Oncology
  • Computational Dosimetry

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  • Bolus electron conformal therapy (ECT) is a recent advancement in radiation oncology.
  • Validation of dose calculation algorithms is crucial for clinical implementation of new technologies.
  • The Eclipse electron Monte Carlo (eMC) algorithm requires evaluation for bolus ECT applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the accuracy and calculation speed of the Eclipse eMC algorithm for bolus ECT.
  • To compare eMC-calculated dose distributions with measured data in patient-based phantoms.

Main Methods:

  • eMC dose distributions were calculated for retromolar trigone and nose phantoms using varying statistical uncertainties (1% and <0.2%) and smoothing parameters.
  • Calculated doses were compared to measured TLD-dose points using dose difference and distance to agreement (DTA).
  • Calculation speed was evaluated using a multi-processor framework agent server (FAS).

Main Results:

  • Without smoothing and at 1% statistical uncertainty, eMC achieved 89% and 93% agreement within 3% dose difference or 3 mm DTA for retromolar trigone and nose phantoms, respectively.
  • Smoothing insignificantly affected retromolar trigone accuracy but reduced nose phantom accuracy in high-gradient regions.
  • eMC calculation times were rapid (24-30 seconds for treatment plans) and demonstrated significantly higher accuracy than pencil beam algorithms (PBA).

Conclusions:

  • The Eclipse eMC algorithm provides accurate electron dose calculations for bolus ECT, comparable to the pencil beam redefinition algorithm (PBRA).
  • eMC demonstrates acceptable calculation speeds, making it suitable for clinical use in bolus ECT.
  • The study confirms the suitability of the eMC algorithm for clinical implementation of bolus ECT.