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Peripheral dose from uniform dynamic multileaf collimation fields: implications for sliding window intensity-modulated radiotherapy.

D S Sharma·Animesh·S S Deshpande·R D Phurailatpam·D D Deshpande·S K Shrivastava·K A Dinshaw
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The increase in the number of monitor units in sliding window intensity-modulated radiotherapy, compared with conventional techniques for the same target dose, may lead to an increase in peripheral dose (PD). PD from a linear accelerator was measured for 6 MV X-ray using 0.6 cm3 ionization chamber inserted at 5 cm depth into a 35 cm x 35 cm x 105 cm plastic water phantom. Measurements were made for field sizes of 6 cm x 6 cm, 10 cm x 10 cm and 14 cm x 14 cm, shaped in both static and dynamic multileaf collimation (DMLC) mode, employing strip fields of fixed width 0.5 cm, 1.0 cm, 1.5 cm, and 2.0 cm, respectively. The effect of collimator rotation and depth of measurement on peripheral dose was investigated for 10 cm x 10 cm field. Dynamic fields require 2 to 14 times the number of monitor units than does a static open field for the same dose at the isocentre, depending on strip field width and field size. Peripheral dose resulting from dynamic fields manifests two distinct regions showing a crest and trough within 30 cm from the field edge and a steady exponential fall beyond 30 cm. All dynamic fields were found to deliver a higher PD compared with the corresponding static open fields, being highest for smallest strip field width and largest field size; also, the percentage increase observed was highest at the largest out-of-field distance. For 6 cm x 6 cm field, dynamic fields with 0.5 cm and 2 cm strip field width deliver PDs 8 and 2 times higher than that of the static open field. The corresponding factors for 14 cm x 14 cm field were 15 and 6, respectively. The factors by which PD for DMLC fields increase, relative to jaws-shaped static fields for out-of-field distance beyond 30 cm, are almost the same as the corresponding increases in the number of monitor units. Reductions of 20% and 40% in PD were observed when the measurements were done at a depth of 10 cm and 15 cm, respectively. When the multileaf collimator executes in-plane (collimator 90 degrees) motion, peripheral dose decreases by as much as a factor of 3 compared with cross-plane data. The knowledge of PD from DMLC field is necessary to estimate the increase in whole-body dose and the likelihood of radiation induced secondary malignancy.

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D S Sharma, Animesh, S S Deshpande, R D Phurailatpam, D D Deshpande, S K Shrivastava, K A Dinshaw. 2006. Peripheral dose from uniform dynamic multileaf collimation fields: implications for sliding window intensity-modulated radiotherapy.. https://doi.org/10.1259/bjr%2F16208090

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