Technical note: development of a simulation framework, enabling the investigation of locally tuned single energy proton radiography
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07.02.2024
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Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express
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10
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027002
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IOP Publishing
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Range uncertainties remain a limitation for the confined dose distribution that proton therapy can offer. The uncertainty stems from the ambiguity when translating CT Hounsfield Units (HU) into proton stopping powers. Proton Radiography (PR) can be used to verify the proton range. Specifically, PR can be used as a quality-control tool for CBCT-based synthetic CTs. An essential part of the work illustrating the potential of PR has been conducted using multi-layer ionization chamber (MLIC) detectors and mono-energetic PR. Due to the dimensions of commercially available MLICs, clinical adoption is cumbersome. Here, we present a simulation framework exploring locally-tuned single energy (LTSE) proton radiography and corresponding potential compact PR detector designs. Based on a planning CT data set, the presented framework models the water equivalent thickness. Subsequently, it analyses the proton energies required to pass through the geometry within a defined ROI. In the final step, an LTSE PR is simulated using the MCsquare Monte Carlo code. In an anatomical head phantom, we illustrate that LTSE PR allows for a significantly shorter longitudinal dimension of MLICs. We compared PR simulations for two exemplary 30 × 30 mm2proton fields passing the phantom at a 90° angle at an anterior and a posterior location in an iso-centric setup. The longitudinal distance over which all spots per field range out is significantly reduced for LTSE PR compared to mono-energetic PR. In addition, we illustrate the difference in shape of integral depth dose (IDD) when using constrained PR energies. Finally, we demonstrate the accordance of simulated and experimentally acquired IDDs for an LTSE PR acquisition. As the next steps, the framework will be used to investigate the sensitivity of LTSE PR to various sources of errors. Furthermore, we will use the framework to systematically explore the dimensions of an optimized MLIC design for daily clinical use.
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2057-1976
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English
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Lundberg, M., Meijers, A., Souris, K., Deffet, S., Weber, D. C., Lomax, A., & Knopf, A. (2024). Technical note: development of a simulation framework, enabling the investigation of locally tuned single energy proton radiography. Biomedical Physics & Engineering Express, 10(2), 27002. https://doi.org/10.1088/2057-1976/ad20a8