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Monte Carlo dose calculations for a 6-MV photon beam in a thorax phantom

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2006
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Farajollahi, A
Mesbahi, A
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Purpose. In this study we evaluated the accuracy of the Monte Carlo (MC) and effective path length (EPL) methods for dose calculations in the inhomogeneous thorax phantom. Materials and methods. The Philips SL 75/5 linear accelerator head was modeled using the MCNP4C Monte Carlo code. An anatomic inhomogeneous thorax phantom was irradiated with a 6-MV photon beam, and the doses along points of the central axis of the beam were measured by a small ionization chamber. The central axis relative dose was calculated by the MCNP4C code and the EPL method in a conventional treatment planning system. The results of calculations and measurements were compared. Results. For all measured points on the thorax phantom the results of the MC method were in agreement with the actual measurement (local difference was less than 2%). For the EPL method, the amount of error was dependent on the field size and the point location in the phantom. The maximum error was +19.5 and +26.8 for field sizes of 10 -- 10 and 5 -- 5 cm2 for lateral irradiation. Conclusion. Our study showed large, unacceptable errors for EPL calculations in the lung for both field sizes. The accuracy of the MC method was better than the recommended value of 3%. Thus, application of this method is strongly recommended for lung dose calculations, especially for small field sizes. © 2006 Japan Radiological Society.
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