Impact of implanted metal plates on radiation dose distribution in vivo by Monte Carlo code
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1004-4221.2011.05.020
- VernacularTitle:用蒙特卡罗方法模拟实验体内金属植入物对放疗剂量分布影响
- Author:
Xinye NL
;
Xiaobing TANG
;
Zhiming ZHANG
;
Weidong GU
;
Changran GENG
;
Tao LIN
;
Haolei SONG
;
Xi LIU
;
Suping SUN
;
Da CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Monte Carlo;
Radiation dose;
Metal implants
- From:
Chinese Journal of Radiation Oncology
2011;20(5):432-434
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo investigate the impact of metal plate on radiation dose distribution by Monte Carlo (MC) code. MethodsThe metal plates with 0. 4 thick were placed in water at 5 cm, all the plate irradiated with 6 MV X-ray were simulated by MC code, SSD =100 cm. The percentage depth dose with or without metal implants were compared. ResultsThe surface absorbed doses on incident plane of stainless steel plate and titanium plate were increased by 19. 6％ and 15.7％ respectively as compared water,the dose influence was less than 1.5％ more than 0. 3 cm outside the incidence plane. The doses on the exit surface of stainless steel plate and titanium plate were lowered by 8. 6％ and 8. 2％ when compared with water, the dose impacts of this places where were from the exit surface of stainless steel plate 、titanium plate more than 1.2 cm,0. 9 cm were less than 1.5％. The surface absorbed doses on incident plane of stainless steel plate were increased by 3.9％ respectively as titanium plate, the dose of the exit surface of stainless steel plate and titanium plate was similar. Conclusions MC method is a fast and accurate calculation method. The influence of metal plate on the radiotherapy dose distribution is significant. Under the such condition, the impact of stainless steel plate is much more than that of titanium alloy plate.
