期刊
RADIOTHERAPY AND ONCOLOGY
卷 109, 期 3, 页码 437-441出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.09.020
关键词
Flattening filter free; FFF; Pareto optimal fronts; IMRT; VMAT
资金
- Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth
- National Foundation for Research, Technology and Development
Purpose: To investigate the differences in treatment plan quality of IMRT and VMAT with and without flattening filter using Pareto optimal fronts, for two treatment sites of different anatomic complexity. Materials and Methods: Pareto optimal fronts (POFs) were generated for six prostate and head-and-neck cancer patients by stepwise reduction of the constraint (during the optimization process) of the primary organ-at-risk (OAR). 9-static field IMRT and 360 degrees-single-arc VMAT plans with flattening filter (FF) and without flattening filter (FFF) were compared. The volume receiving 5 Gy or more (V-5Gy) was used to estimate the low dose exposure. Furthermore, the number of monitor units (MUs) and measurements of the delivery time (T) were used to assess the efficiency of the treatment plans. Results: A significant increase in MUs was found when using FFF-beams while the treatment plan quality was at least equivalent to the FF-beams. T was decreased by 18% for prostate for IMRT with FFF-beams and by 4% for head-and-neck cases, but increased by 22% and 16% for VMAT. A reduction of up to 5% of V-5Gy was found for MART prostate cases with FFF-beams. Conclusions: The evaluation of the POFs showed an at least comparable treatment plan quality of FFF-beams compared to FF-beams for both treatment sites and modalities. For smaller targets the advantageous characteristics of FFF-beams could be better exploited. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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