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Fetal dose estimation for Virtual Tangential-fields Arc Therapy whole breast irradiation by optically stimulated luminescence dosimeters. 2022

F Dusi, and F Guida, and E N Villegas Garcia, and M A Rossato, and A Germani, and S Sapignoli, and A Scaggion, and A Scott, and A Zorz, and M Paiusco
Medical Physics Department, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS, Padua, Italy. Electronic address: francesca.dusi@iov.veneto.it.

Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed tumor in pregnant women and radiation therapy should carefully be weighted up because of the dose to the fetus. The aim of this study was to investigate fetal dose in a patient treated with Virtual Tangential-fields Arc Therapy (ViTAT), an innovative technique for whole breast irradiation. Optically stimulated luminescence detectors (OSLDs) were calibrated on a Varian TrueBeam linac, with both a 6X and 6XFFF beam quality, and used for out-of-field measurements. Fetal dose related with ViTAT technique was compared to the standard 3D conformal radiation therapy technique (3DCRT). The fetal dose delivered with a ViTAT technique planned with 6XFFF beam was also investigated. Measurements were taken on a phantom composed of Rando Alderson Phantom slices and solid water slabs. OSLDs were placed in a region identified by the height of the fundus from conception to the twentieth week using a custom made PMMA grid. Due to the higher number of monitor units, the peripheral dose of ViTAT delivered with 6X beams is higher than that of 3DCRT. However, nanoDots measurements prove that ViTAT can be used in place of 3DCRT while maintaining similar fetal dose levels if 6XFFF beams are used.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D010315 Particle Accelerators Devices which accelerate electrically charged atomic or subatomic particles, such as electrons, protons or ions, to high velocities so they have high kinetic energy. Betatrons,Linear Accelerators,Accelerator, Linear,Accelerator, Particle,Accelerators, Linear,Accelerators, Particle,Betatron,Linear Accelerator,Particle Accelerator
D011247 Pregnancy The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH. Gestation,Pregnancies
D005260 Female Females
D005333 Fetus The unborn young of a viviparous mammal, in the postembryonic period, after the major structures have been outlined. In humans, the unborn young from the end of the eighth week after CONCEPTION until BIRTH, as distinguished from the earlier EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN. Fetal Structures,Fetal Tissue,Fetuses,Mummified Fetus,Retained Fetus,Fetal Structure,Fetal Tissues,Fetus, Mummified,Fetus, Retained,Structure, Fetal,Structures, Fetal,Tissue, Fetal,Tissues, Fetal
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000072232 Radiation Dosimeters Devices that measure exposure to IONIZING RADIATION. Dosimeters,Radiation Dosimeter,Dosimeter,Dosimeter, Radiation,Dosimeters, Radiation
D019047 Phantoms, Imaging Devices or objects in various imaging techniques used to visualize or enhance visualization by simulating conditions encountered in the procedure. Phantoms are used very often in procedures employing or measuring x-irradiation or radioactive material to evaluate performance. Phantoms often have properties similar to human tissue. Water demonstrates absorbing properties similar to normal tissue, hence water-filled phantoms are used to map radiation levels. Phantoms are used also as teaching aids to simulate real conditions with x-ray or ultrasonic machines. (From Iturralde, Dictionary and Handbook of Nuclear Medicine and Clinical Imaging, 1990) Phantoms, Radiographic,Phantoms, Radiologic,Radiographic Phantoms,Radiologic Phantoms,Phantom, Radiographic,Phantom, Radiologic,Radiographic Phantom,Radiologic Phantom,Imaging Phantom,Imaging Phantoms,Phantom, Imaging
D062791 Optically Stimulated Luminescence Dosimetry The use of a radiation monitoring device composed of material which emits light after being illuminated. The amount of light emitted is proportional to the amount of IONIZING RADIATION to which the material has been previously exposed. Optically Stimulated Luminescent Dosimetry

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