Influence of hip prostheses on high energy photon dose distributions

C. H. Sibata; H. C. Mota; P. D. Higgins; D. Gaisser; J. P. Saxton; K. H. Shin

doi:10.1016/0360-3016(90)90115-Z

Influence of hip prostheses on high energy photon dose distributions

C. H. Sibata
, H. C. Mota
, P. D. Higgins
, D. Gaisser
, J. P. Saxton
, K. H. Shin

Radiation Oncology

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Abstract

Radiotherapy treatment of patients having a hip prosthesis is a common problem facing dosimetrists and physicists when the treatment plan requires irradiation of the pelvic area. To quantify the perturbation of these devices, attenuation studies were done with 6 and I8 MV photon beams using various hip prostheses models with varying size and composition. These studies have shown that an attenuation of as much as 50% can be found in a single beam profile under the prosthesis. We have studied the capability of a dose planning system to predict the transmission of these devices as compared with measurements.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	455-461
Number of pages	7
Journal	International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0360-3016(90)90115-Z
State	Published - Feb 1990

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Reprint requests to: C. H. Sibata, Ph.D. This research was supported in part by the Conselho National de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq/Brazil). Accepted for publication 14 June 1989.

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Beam perturbation
Dose distribution
Femoral hip prosthesis
Radiotherapy treatment planning

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