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Pinedo, R., (2023). Implementación de las curvas de densidad electrónica relativa al sistema de planificación de tratamiento en teleterapia mediante calibración estequiométrica [Tesis, Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería]. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14076/27263
Pinedo, R., Implementación de las curvas de densidad electrónica relativa al sistema de planificación de tratamiento en teleterapia mediante calibración estequiométrica [Tesis]. PE: Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería; 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14076/27263
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title = "Implementación de las curvas de densidad electrónica relativa al sistema de planificación de tratamiento en teleterapia mediante calibración estequiométrica",
author = "Pinedo Cadillo, Richar Ricardo",
publisher = "Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería",
year = "2023"
}
Radiotherapy treatment planners rely mainly on calculation algorithms to calcúlate doses, the base image for these calculations being tomography. For the use of the tomographic image, the tomographer must first be commissioned in the planner, this commissioning contemplates knowing the electronic density of the tissues and the Hounsfield units. This relationship depends on the scanner and the protocol used. The objective of this work was the integration of the relative electron density curves to the CAT3D treatment planning system by means of an alternative method, stoichiometric calibration, defined by the dependence on the effective energy of a computed tomography x-ray beam. In the development of this work, aluminum was used as a calibrating material and a chest phantom with inserts. Those that were scanned with the typical protocol, the data collected were used for the integration of the electron density curves and for the verification of the importance of the correct use of the curves, 3 cases were raised in the treatment planning: direct field 10x10 cm2, field direct 20x20 cm2 and lateral field 10x10 cm2 with wedge, where the planning system based on the Pencil Beam algorithm that uses the equivalent length method to correct for heterogeneities was put to the test. Three configurations were proposed. In the evaluated cases, the deviation between using the characteristic calibration curve, the standard and the homogeneous medium compared to the experimental measurements was verified. It was found that the incorrect use of these curves significantly affects the absorbed dose by up to 6% in regions where there is a sudden change in density, being above the recommended tolerances of ±5% in dose delivery. adsorbed in the areas where electronic equilibrium does exist. The experimental results with the ionization chamber in the evaluated cases fit into a combined uncertainty interval of less than 2.1% (2p). It can be concluded that the implementation and proper use of these curves improves the approximation in heterogeneous media, reducing the deviation of their results. In this way, the required absorbed dose is optimized in the calculation of teletherapy treatments.
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