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- Title
Dosimetric impact of stopping power for human bone porosity with dual-energy computed tomography in scanned carbon-ion therapy treatment planning.
- Authors
Yagi, Masashi; Wakisaka, Yushi; Takeno, Jun; Kanada, Shintaro; Tsubouchi, Toshiro; Hamatani, Noriaki; Maruo, Hiroyasu; Takashina, Masaaki; Ishii, Takayoshi; Kanai, Tatsuaki; Shimizu, Shinichi; Ogawa, Kazuhiko
- Abstract
Few reports have documented how the accuracy of stopping power ratio (SPR) prediction for porous bone tissue affects the dose distribution of scanned carbon-ion beam therapy. The estimated SPR based on single-energy computed tomography (SECT) and dual-energy CT (DECT) were compared for the femur of a Rando phantom which simulates the porosity of human bone, NEOBONE which is the hydroxyapatite synthetic bone substitute, and soft tissue samples. Dose differences between SECT and DECT were evaluated for a scanned carbon-ion therapy treatment plan for the Rando phantom. The difference in the water equivalent length was measured to extract the SPR of the examined samples. The differences for SPR estimated from the DECT-SPR conversion were small with − 1.8% and − 3.3% for the Rando phantom femur and NEOBONE, respectively, whereas the differences for SECT-SPR were between 7.6 and 70.7%, illustrating a 1.5-mm shift of the range and a dose difference of 13.3% at maximum point in the evaluation of the dose distribution. This study demonstrated that the DECT-SPR conversion method better estimated the SPR of the porosity of bone tissues than SECT-SPR followed by the accurate range of the carbon-ion beams on carbon-ion dose calculations.
- Subjects
COMPUTED tomography; BONE substitutes; DUAL energy CT (Tomography); MEDICAL dosimetry; POROSITY
- Publication
Scientific Reports, 2024, Vol 14, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
2045-2322
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/s41598-024-68312-y