Experimental analysis of clinical applicability of homemade in homogeneous phantom / 中国辐射卫生

ABSTRACT

@#<b>Objective</b> To conduct experimental analysis of clinical applicability of a homemade phantom which is equivalent to multiple tissue densities of human body. <b>Methods</b> Materials with densities close to bone, lung, cavity, and soft tissue were manufactured and combined to obtain a homemade in homogeneous phantom. The electron density of equivalent materials was compared with the organs. Ten lung cancer patients in our department were recruited for dose verification of intensity modulated radiation therapy in the homemade phantom and solid-water phantom. The two phantoms were compared for characteristics in dose verification, and the dosimetric differences of the homemade phantom between the calculated values on treatment planning systemand measured values were statistically analyzed by SPSS 21.0 software. <b>Results</b> In the dose verification, the gamma pass rates (3 mm/3%) were more than 90% using both the homemade phantom and solid-water phantom. The measured values in homemade phantom were larger than those in solid-water phantom, and the maximum deviation was 11.5%. The AD and RD values of gamma pass rate in dose verification showed no significant differences between the two phantoms (<i>P</i> > 0.05). <b>Conclusion</b> The homemade phantom meets the accuracy requirement of clinical application and can be used in dose verification of intensity modulated radiation therapy plan.