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Ali Altuwayrish1, Mahdi Ghorbani1, Mohsen Bakhshandeh2
1Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics Department, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background:
It is important to evaluate the dose calculated by treatment planning systems (TPSs) and dose distribution in tumor and organs at risk (OARs). The aim of this study is to compare dose calculated by the PRIMO Monte Carlo code and Eclipse TPS in radiotherapy of brain cancer patients.
Materials And Methods:
PRIMO simulation code was used to simulate a Varian Clinac 600C linac. The simulations were validated for the linac by comparison of the simulation and measured results. In the case of brain cancer patients, the dosimetric parameters obtained by the PRIMO code were compared with those calculated by Eclipse TPS. Gamma function analysis with 3%, 3 mm criteria was utilized to compare the dose distributions. The evaluations were based on the dosimetric parameters for the planning target volume (PTV) and OAR including D min, D mean, and D max, homogeneity index (HI), and conformity index (CI).
Results:
The gamma function analysis showed a 98% agreement between the results obtained by the PRIMO code and measurement for the percent depth dose (PDD) and dose profiles. The corresponding value in comparing the dosimetric parameters from PRIMO code and Eclipse TPS for the brain patients was 94%, on average. The results of the PRIMO simulation were in good agreement with the measured data and Eclipse TPS calculations.
Conclusions:
Based on the results of this study, the PRIMO code can be utilized to simulate a medical linac with good accuracy and to evaluate the accuracy of treatment plans for patients with brain cancer.
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