Abstract
The purpose of this study is to see the feasibility of the newly developed 2D dosimetry system using phosphor screen for helical tomotherapy. The cylindrical water phantom was fabricated with phosphor screen to emit the visible light during irradiation. There are three types of virtual target, one is one spot target, another is C-shaped target, and the other is multiple targets. Each target was planned to be treated at 10 Gy by treatment planning system (TPS) of tomotherapy. The cylindrical phantom was placed on the tomotherapy table and irradiated as calculations of the TPS. Every frame which acquired by CCD camera was integrated and the doses were calculated in pixel by pixel. The dose distributions from the fluorescent images were compared with the calculated dose distribution from the TPS. The discrepancies were evaluated as gamma index for each treatment. The curve for dose rate versus pixel value was not saturated until 900 MU/min. The 2D dosimetry using the phosphor screen and the CCD camera is respected to be useful to verify the dose distribution of the tomotherapy if the linearity correction of the phosphor screen improved.
본 연구의 목적은 새로 개발된 2차원 토모테라피 선량측정 시스템의 가능성을 알아보는 것이다. 방사선이 조사되면 가시광성을 내보내는 인광판을 원통형 물팬텀에 삽입하였다. 치료계획장치에서 원 모양, C자 모양, 다중표적 3종류의 가상의 표적을 만들고 각 표적에 10 Gy의 방사선을 전달하도록 하였다. 원통형 팬텀을 토모테라피 치료테이블위에 올려놓고 치료계획대로 방사선을 조사하였다. CCD카메라로 쵤영된 모든 프레임은 누적되었고 각 픽셀은 선량으로 변환되었다. 인광판으로부터 나온 영상은 치료계획장치에서 계산된 선량분포와 비교하였다. 선량기울기(dose rate)와 픽셀값의 관계그래프는 선량기울기 900 MU/min 까지 포화(saturated)되지 않았다. 인광판의 선형성 보정이 개선된다면 인광판과 CCD카메라를 이용한 토모테라피의 2차원 선량측정이 유용할 것으로 기대한다.
