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  • Conventional dose algorithms (Type A/B) may have target dose errors in lung SBRT compared to Type C.
  • Intensity-modulated techniques like IMRT/VMAT are increasingly used for lung SBRT.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate if intensity modulation in IMRT/VMAT increases target dose calculation errors with conventional algorithms.
  • To compare dose errors between intensity-modulated and conformal techniques in lung SBRT.

Main Methods:

  • Lung SBRT patients were planned using IMRT/VMAT and dynamic conformal arc (DCA) techniques with Type A/B algorithms.
  • Plans were recalculated with Type C algorithms as the ground truth to determine dose errors.
  • Statistical analysis (Wilcoxon signed-rank test) compared dose errors; linear regression assessed modulation-error correlation.

Main Results:

  • Type A algorithm showed larger errors than Type B.
  • IMRT/VMAT plans did not exhibit statistically significant larger dose errors compared to DCA plans.
  • No significant correlation was found between the level of intensity modulation and relative dose error magnitude.

Conclusions:

  • Intensity modulation does not appear to increase target dose calculation errors for lung SBRT when using conventional algorithms.
  • Findings suggest conventional algorithms may be suitable for IMRT/VMAT in lung SBRT, but further validation is recommended.