摆位随机误差对剂量分布的影响

目的 研究放疗中摆位随机误差对射线剂量分布的影响,确定治疗时CTV至PTV考虑随机误差需要设置的外放间距大小.方法 采用随机抽样方法模拟放疗时射线在靶区坐标系的位置,迭加后得到全部疗程的剂量分布,从而得到该疗程的90%剂量点位置的减小值.统计100个疗程的结果,按照95%的可能性确定从内靶体积(ITV)到PTV需要设置的外放间距大小,用Spearman秩相关分析各个因素对减小值的影响.结果90%剂量点位置的减小值只和随机误差大小有关,在随机误差1～6 mm时有效照射距离的改变值分别为0.62、1.84、3.13、4.78、6.34和8.03 mm,相关分析结果提示外放间距的大小只和随机误差的大小有关.结论 头颈部肿瘤和胸腹部肿瘤放疗时需要设置ITV到PTV的外放间距分别为1.2和1.5倍的随机误差,和随机误差相比,野大小、能量和深度和外放间距的大小关系不大.

Influence of random setup error on dose distribution

Objective To investigate the influence of random setup error on dose distribution in radiotherapy and determine the margin from ITV to PTV. Methods A random sample approach was used to simulate the fields position in target coordinate system. Cumulative effect of random setup error was the sum of dose distributions of all individual treatment fractions. Study of 100 cumulative effects might get shift sizes of 90%dose point position. Margins from ITV to PTV caused by random setup error were choosen by 95% probability. Spearman's correlation was used to analyze the influence of each factor. Results The average shift sizes of 90%dose point position was 0.62,1.84,3.13,4.78,6.34 and 8.03 mm if random setup error was 1,2,3,4,5 and 6 mm,respectively. Univariate analysis showed the size of margin was associated only by the size of random setup elror. Conclusions Margin of ITV to PTV is 1.2 times random setup error for head-and-neck cancer and 1.5 times for thoracic and abdominal cancer. Field size, energy and target depth. unlike random setup error, have no relation with the size of the margin.