title: Dosimetric verification of modulated photon fields by means of compensators for a kernel model.
abstract: The approach in treatment planning of applying beam quality correction factors to model compensator-induced depth-hardening effects is investigated and the present work comprises a dosimetric verification of the model for a common compensator material. Lead sheet modulators for four different phantom shapes were designed using a treatment planning system based on the model. The modulators were designed to yield homogeneous dose in a plane. The calculated modulation created by the lead sheets was re-imported into the treatment planning system and applied to a water phantom geometry for verification purposes. Comparing measurements, a total of 31 different geometries were measured, with calculations in this geometry showing good agreement for depth doses, dose profiles and output data with a maximum deviation of 4% except locally in the penumbra region and close to the edges of the cut lead sheets.
authors.affiliation: MDS Nordion AB, Box 1704, SE-751 47 Uppsala, Sweden.
authors.forename: Lars
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Finn
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Laursen
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D055592:Biophysical Phenomena; D001703:Biophysics; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D017785:Photons / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011874:Radiometry; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy; D012542:Scattering, Radiation