Commissioning of the TrueBeam STx 6 MV FFF Beam in the RayStation Treatment Planning System for SRS and SBRT Treatments
Open Access
- 1 January 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Scientific Research Publishing, Inc. in International Journal of Medical Physics, Clinical Engineering and Radiation Oncology
- Vol. 10 (01), 16-37
- https://doi.org/10.4236/ijmpcero.2021.101003
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to provide technical information on commissioning the TrueBeam STx 6 MV flattening-filter free (FFF) beam in the RayStation treatment planning system (TPS) for stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) treatments. Methods: For beam modeling, percent depth dose curves, profiles and output factors for jaw-collimated fields and stereotactic cones as well as X-jaws transmission were measured. For multi-leaf collimator (MLC) modeling, MLC model parameters such as offset, gain, curvature, leaf tip width, tongue and groove and transmission were determined and output factors for MLC-collimated fields were measured. Absolute dose calibration was also performed. For beam model and MLC model validation, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine Task Group-119 plans, clinical SRS and SBRT plans and end-to-end testing were performed. Results: Beam characteristics of the 6 MV FFF beam agreed well with those in the literature. Validation results showed that our beam model and MLC model were acceptable for SRS and SBRT treatments. Conclusions: The technical information and dosimetric data provided in this study will be a useful reference for other clinics/institutions which will commission the same machine energy in the RayStation TPS.Keywords
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