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@ARTICLE{Schwahofer:164172,
author = {A. Schwahofer$^*$ and P. Mann$^*$ and C. K. Spindeldreier
and C. P. Karger$^*$},
title = {{O}n the feasibility of absolute 3{D} dosimetry using
{L}i{F} thermoluminescence detectors and polymer gels on a
0.35{T} {MR}-{LINAC}.},
journal = {Physics in medicine and biology},
volume = {65},
number = {21},
issn = {1361-6560},
address = {Bristol},
publisher = {IOP Publ.},
reportid = {DKFZ-2020-02301},
pages = {215002},
year = {2020},
note = {#EA:E040#LA:E040#},
abstract = {As shown in our previous study, highly accurate absolute
dosimetry in 3D is feasible by combining polymer gels (PG)
with thermoluminescence dosimetry (TLD). In this setup, the
thermoluminescence (TL)-based point dose information is used
to renormalize the PG. This new PG-TLD reference system is
now extended to measurements in magnetic fields.Experiments
were carried out on a conventional 6 MV linear accelerator
(LINAC) and a 6 MV 0.35 T magnetic resonance (MR)-LINAC.
Signal stability of TLD600 and TLD700 was examined without
and with magnetic field. Afterwards, the combination of
PAGAT PG and TL detectors was employed within a cylindrical
phantom in presence of the magnetic field. Two scenarios
were tested: (I) an air-filled phantom and (II) a
water-filled phantom. For each scenario, two plans were
irradiated: (a) opposed beams with a field size of 10 × 10
cm2 and (b) a 3D conformal plan assuring homogeneous target
coverage using three equally distributed coplanar beams.Mean
relative uncertainty of TL calibration reproducibility for
TLD600/TLD700 was $0.49\%/0.85\%$ at the MR-LINAC and
$0.48\%/0.83\%$ for the conventional LINAC. Individual TL
calibration coefficients of TLD600 and TLD700 behaved
differently in the presence of the magnetic field. An
average difference of (3.29 ± $0.89)\%$ occurred for all
TLD600, whereas the result for TLD700 is not quite as clear
with (1.09 ± $0.89)\%$ after excluding some outliers. Using
the TL dose information for PG renormalization, high 3D
gamma passing rates were achieved using the $3\%/2$ mm
criteria: $91.0\%$ (Ia), $92.6\%$ (Ib), $94.3\%$ (IIa),
$97.4\%$ (IIb).This study shows that TL signal
reproducibility is not affected by a low magnetic field.
Nevertheless, absolute calibration coefficients of the
individual detectors indicate a dependency on the magnetic
field. Hence, a calibration at the appropriate LINAC type is
recommended. Furthermore, the previously established
renormalization method for PG was applied to measurements at
a MR-LINAC and was verified as suitable for evaluations of
homogeneous dose distribution in the target volume.},
cin = {E040},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)E040-20160331},
pnm = {315 - Imaging and radiooncology (POF3-315)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-315},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:33104524},
doi = {10.1088/1361-6560/aba6d7},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/164172},
}