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用于调强粒子治疗蒙特卡罗计算的相空间自动生成

Automatic phase space generation for Monte Carlo calculations of Intensity Modulated Particle Therapy

Qianxia Wang, Cong Zhu, Xuemin Bai, Yu Deng, Nicki Schlegel, Antony Adair, Zhi Chen, Yongqiang Li, Michael Moyers, Pablo Yepes

摘要:

蒙特卡罗(MC)被认为是粒子治疗中最精确的剂量计算工具。然而,束粒子运动学的正确描述是真实仿真的必要输入。这样的描述可以存储在用于不同射束能量的相空间(PS)文件中。PS文件包含运动信息,例如穿过垂直于射束方向的平面的粒子的能量、位置和行进方向。PS文件的准确性在MC方法剂量计算的性能中起着关键作用。PS文件可以用一组参数生成,这些参数解析地描述了梁运动学。然而,确定这样的参数可能是繁琐且耗时的。因此,我们开发了一种算法来自动有效地获得这些参数。在本文中,我们提出了这样一个算法,并比较使用PS自动生成的上海质子和重离子中心(SPHIC)的剂量计算与测量。用于将计算的深度剂量分布(DDD)与测量值进行比较的伽马指数高于96.0%,标准为0.6%/0.6 mm。对于每个单一能量,在5个不同深度处计算的横向光斑大小与测量值之间的平均差异百分比低于3.5%。

英文摘要:

Monte Carlo (MC) is generally considered as the most accurate dose calculation tool for particle therapy. However, a proper description of the beam particles kinematics is a necessary input for a realistic simulation. Such a description can be stored in phase space (PS) files for different beam energies. A PS file contains kinetic information such as energies, positions and travelling directions for particles traversing a plane perpendicular to the beam direction. The accuracy of PS files play a critical role in the performance of the MC method for dose calculations. A PS file can be generated with a set of parameters describing analytically the beam kinematics. However, determining such parameters can be tedious and time consuming. Thus, we have developed an algorithm to obtain those parameters automatically and efficiently. In this paper, we present such an algorithm and compare dose calculations using PS automatically generated for the Shanghai Proton and Heavy Ion Center (SPHIC) with measurements. The gamma-index for comparing calculated depth dose distributions (DDD) with measurements are above 96.0% with criterion 0.6%/0.6 mm. For each single energy, the mean difference percentage between calculated lateral spot sizes at 5 different depths and measurements are below 3.5%.

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