电子束能谱宽度及角分布对蒙特卡罗方法模拟计算剂量分布影响

目的 研究电子束能谱和角分布对其放疗剂量分布影响。方法 应用模拟得到的医用直线加速器电子束能谱分布和角分布作为输入文件,使用经修改的PENELOPE程序中蒙特卡罗方法模拟计算电子束能谱宽度和角分布对射野中心轴剂量分布和离轴剂量分布。结果 电子束能谱宽度和角分布对射野中心轴剂量分布和离轴剂量分布无明显影响,剂量分布曲线几乎重合;只有在能谱展宽为2.5 MeV时才有明显影响,剂量分布曲线有显著差别。结论 根据本研究蒙特卡罗模拟计算结果设计治疗计划系统电子线算法时可不考虑能谱宽度和角分布影响,而直接使用电子线最可几能量计算,这样可节省大约9%时间而有助于提高计算速度。

Monte Carlo calculation of the impact on dose distribution by width of energy spectrum and angular distribution of electron beam

Objective To study of the impact on dose distribution by electron width of energy spectrum and angular distribution using Monte Carlo simulation.Methods The simulated electron energy spectrum and angular distributions was as the input parameters and percentage depth dose (PDD) and offaxis curves were simulated by a modified PENELOPE code package. Results PDD and off-axis dose distribution curves are almost the same and are not sensitive to energy spectrum width and angular distribution with the exception of energy spectrum width of 2.5 MeV with obviously different curves.Conclusions In the situation of clinical treatment,spectrum and angular distributions can be ignored when their width are not very large.It is helpful to save about 9％ time by using monoenergy beams in treatment planning system development.