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    Imaging doses from the Elekta Synergy X-ray cone beam CT system.

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    Authors
    Amer, Ali M
    Marchant, Thomas E
    Sykes, Jonathan R
    Czajka, Jaddy
    Moore, Christopher J
    Affiliation
    North Western Medical Physics, Christie Hospital NHS Trust, Manchester M20 4BX, UK. ali.amer@physics.cr.man.ac.uk
    Issue Date
    2007-06
    
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    The Elekta Synergy is a radiotherapy treatment machine with integrated kilovoltage (kV) X-ray imaging system capable of producing cone beam CT (CBCT) images of the patient in the treatment position. The aim of this study is to assess the additional imaging dose. Cone beam CT dose index (CBDI) is introduced and measured inside standard CTDI phantoms for several sites (head: 100 kV, 38 mAs, lung: 120 kV, 152 mAs and pelvis: 130 kV, 456 mAs). The measured weighted doses were compared with thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) measurements at various locations in a Rando phantom and at patients' surfaces. The measured CBDIs in-air at the isocentre were 9.2 mGy 100 mAs(-1), 7.3 mGy 100 mAs(-1) and 5.3 mGy 100 mAs(-1) for 130 kV, 120 kV and 100 kV, respectively. The body phantom weighted CBDI were 5.5 mGy 100 mAs(-1) and 3.8 mGy 100 mAs(-1 )for 130 kV and 120 kV. The head phantom weighted CBDI was 4.3 mGy 100 mAs(-1) for 100 kV. The weighted doses for the Christie Hospital CBCT imaging techniques were 1.6 mGy, 6 mGy and 22 mGy for the head, lung and pelvis. The measured CBDIs were used to estimate the total effective dose for the Synergy system using the ImPACT CT Patient Dosimetry Calculator. Measured CBCT doses using the Christie Hospital protocols are low for head and lung scans whether compared with electronic portal imaging (EPI), commonly used for treatment verification, or single and multiple slice CT. For the pelvis, doses are similar to EPI but higher than CT. Repeated use of CBCT for treatment verification is likely and hence the total patient dose needs to be carefully considered. It is important to consider further development of low dose CBCT techniques to keep additional doses as low as reasonably practicable.
    Citation
    Imaging doses from the Elekta Synergy X-ray cone beam CT system. 2007, 80 (954):476-82 Br J Radiol
    Journal
    The British Journal of Radiology
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10541/70047
    DOI
    10.1259/bjr/80446730
    PubMed ID
    17684077
    Type
    Article
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1748-880X
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1259/bjr/80446730
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