治療計画用CT値校正のためのQA/QCツールの開発

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  • Development of the QA / QC-Tools for CT Number Calibration of the Treatment Planning CT-scanner
  • チリョウ ケイカクヨウ CTチ コウセイ ノ タメノ QA QC ツール ノ カイハツ

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In order to support a routine QA of the CT number for treatment planning, we developed a phantom and a sample holder for easy handling. At most particle radiotherapy facilities in Japan, the CT number is calibrated by the poly-binary calibration method using liquid samples of 100% ethanol and 40% K2HPO4 which are set in a cylindrical water phantom. However it is hard to remove air bubbles from the calibration liquid sample and maintain its stable concentration for a long time. So much time is needed for QA of the CT number. The new sample holder, which we developed, was able to keep a stable concentration of the liquid for morethan 300 days. Consequently, the CT number of each sample, which was set in a water equivalent solid phantom, was the same as the CT number in a water phantom within 7 HU. In addition, we developed software which could measure the CT number of each sample semi-automatically and could calculate the calibration coefficients between the CT number and water equivalent length (WEL). Using this software, we could check the calibration result instantly at the time of CT data acquisition. These tools should be useful to carry out calibration of the CT-WEL routinely in a short time.

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