Research on Individualized Phantom Based on 3D Printing for Radiotherapy Dose Verification / 中国医疗器械杂志

ABSTRACT

Dose verification is carried out on the individualized three-dimensional phantom based on 3D printing technology, which simulates the anatomical structure of human body, contour shape, tumor anatomical structure and other dangerous organs to the greatest extent, and produces a reasonable and effective dose validation phantom. According to the need to obtain effective patient data, import Mimics software to reconstruct the parts of the body and its surrounding tissues and organs that need to be measured, and make them into three-dimensional shell components. The 3D printing is used to assemble and fill the equivalent tissue, and then the body phantom is made. The phantom was scanned by CT and the data was transmitted to TPS system. The previously completed treatment plan was transplanted to the phantom. The phantom was placed according to the patient's location information, irradiated and measured data. The three-dimensional shell assembly is completely reconstructed according to the patient's data, and the contour difference is not significant. The shell is filled with tissue radiation equivalent material whose CT value is the same as the average CT value of the shell volume. The CT image data show that the radiation equivalence of the phantom is similar to the actual tissue of the patient, and the equivalent dose distribution conforms to the conventional treatment range. It can provide a reliable means of dose verification for the accurate design of intensity modulated radiation therapy.