In-vivo dosimetry for conformal arc therapy using several MOSFET in stereotactic radiosurgery computed by an inverse model

Abstract

In-vivo dosimetry is still a challenge in stereotactic radiosurgery since most of treatments are delivered using rotational technique with small fields. A realistic and practical solution for these treatments delivered in conformal radiotherapy is proposed to control the absorbed dose at isocentre, using multiple surface MOSFET measurements over an arc. On the one hand, a forward method was developed to optimize the location of the detectors at the patient surface, taking into account arc length, prescribed isocentre dose, collimator and field size. On the other hand, an inverse method was used to compute the dose at isocentre for conformal arc therapy in stereotactic radiosurgery, using MOSFET measurements. Finally, the reconstructed dose at isocentre was compared to real measurement, obtained for several detectors positioned at a phantom surface. Results show that the inverse method gives good results with five MOSFET equi-spaced positioned within the arc beam course: deviation between prescribed and computed average total dose at isocentre was below 2% both for 30×30 mm2 and 18×18 mm2 field size