NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, Volume. 47, Issue 8, 080501(2024)

Application of cone-shaped scintillation detector for quality assurance in pencil beam scanning proton therapy systems

Lingjing PAN1, Xianbao GU2, Yuanyuan WANG1, Yangfan ZHANG1, Xiaoming LU1,3, and Zhipeng LIU1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Hefei Ion Medical Center, the First Affiliated Hospital of University of USTC, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, China
  • 2Anhui Environmental Radiation Supervision Station, Hefei 230071, China
  • 3Ion Medical Research Institute, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230088, China
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    Figures & Tables(11)
    Structural diagram of XRV-124 cone-shaped detector
    Beam information acquisition of XRV-124 cone-shaped detector(a) Beam profile optical signal, (b) Beam profile contour analysis, (c) Beam vector analysis
    Reference hole numbering on XRV-124 surface
    Positioning and coordinate system for XRV-124
    Calibration diagram of X-ray orthogonal film (color online)
    Spot size measured by XRV-124 at 0° gantry
    Spot size measured by XRV-124 and Lynx at different gantry angles(a) 0° gantry angle, (b) 90° gantry angle, (c) 270° gantry angle, (d) Different gantry angles
    Collinearity results of X-ray imaging isocenter and pencil beam at 0° gantry angle(a) 3D collinearity results of the X-ray imaging isocenter and pencil beam measured by XRV-124, (b) Beam collinearity results of the X-ray imaging isocenter and pencil beam measured in the IEC-X and -Y directions by XRV-124 and Lynx
    Test result of XRV-124 Star-shot
    • Table 1. XRV-124 accuracy verification results

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      Table 1. XRV-124 accuracy verification results

      PTC移动

      PTC shift/ mm

      IEC-X 差异IEC-Xdifference / mm

      IEC-Y 差异

      IEC-Ydifference / mm

      IEC-Z 差异

      IEC-Zdifference / mm

      -30.000.08-0.080.02
      -10.000.14-0.02-0.02
      -5.000.240.00-0.03
      -3.000.20-0.050.07
      -1.000.14-0.040.03
      0.000.000.000.00
      1.000.14-0.020.00
      3.000.08-0.010.04
      5.00-0.06-0.030.10
      10.000.01-0.030.11
      30.000.110.040.11
    • Table 2. XRV-124 gantry angle measurement results

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      Table 2. XRV-124 gantry angle measurement results

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      PTC display / (°)

      XRV-124测量

      Measured / (°)

      偏差

      Difference / (°)

      0.000.120.12
      30.0030.110.11
      60.0060.130.13
      90.0090.150.15
      120.00120.130.13
      150.00150.100.10
      180.10180.230.13
      210.00210.110.11
      240.00240.150.15
      270.00270.120.12
      300.00300.110.10
      330.00330.120.12
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    Lingjing PAN, Xianbao GU, Yuanyuan WANG, Yangfan ZHANG, Xiaoming LU, Zhipeng LIU. Application of cone-shaped scintillation detector for quality assurance in pencil beam scanning proton therapy systems[J]. NUCLEAR TECHNIQUES, 2024, 47(8): 080501

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    Paper Information

    Category: NUCLEAR PHYSICS, INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH

    Received: Jan. 3, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 23, 2024

    The Author Email: LIU Zhipeng (刘志鹏)

    DOI:10.11889/j.0253-3219.2024.hjs.47.080501

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