title: Monte carlo simulation of bony heterogeneity effects on dose profile for small irradiation field in radiotherapy.
abstract: In the radiotherapy treatment planning of a lesion located in the head region with small field radiation beams, the heterogeneity corrections play an important role. In this work, we investigated the influence of a bony heterogeneity on dose profile inside a soft tissue phantom containing a bony material. PDD curves were obtained by simulation using the Monte Carlo code EGSnrc and employing Eclipse(R) treatment planning system algorithms (Batho, Modified Batho, Equivalent TAR and Anisotropic Analytic Algorithm) for a 15 MV photon beam and field sizes of 2x2 and 10x10 cm(2). The Equivalent TAR method exhibited better agreement with Monte Carlo simulations for the 2x2 cm(2) field size. The magnitude of the effect on PDD due to the bony heterogeneity for 1x1, 2x2 and 10x10 cm(2) field sizes increases to 10, 5 and 3%, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. simone@if.ufrj.br
authors.forename: Simone C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Cardoso
authors.forename: Victor Gabriel L
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: Luiz Antonio R
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: da Rosa
authors.forename: Luciana T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Campos
authors.forename: Delano V S
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Batista
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Facure
mesh_terms: D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000528:radiation effects*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D014867:Water
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