An automated dose verification software 
for brachytherapy

Xianliang Wang; Pei Wang; Churong Li; Wu Zhangwen; Gou Chengjun; Jie Li; Shengwei Kang; Qing Hou

doi:10.5114/jcb.2018.79396

Abstract

5/2018 vol. 10

Original paper

An automated dose verification software for brachytherapy

Xianliang Wang

,

Pei Wang

,

Churong Li

,

Wu Zhangwen

,

Gou Chengjun

,

Jie Li

,

Shengwei Kang

,

Qing Hou

J Contemp Brachytherapy 2018; 10, 5: 478–482

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2018.79396

Online publish date: 2018/10/31

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AMA

Wang X, Wang P, Li C, et al. An automated dose verification software for brachytherapy. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy. 2018;10(5):478-482. doi:10.5114/jcb.2018.79396.

APA

Wang, X., Wang, P., Li, C., Zhangwen, W., Chengjun, G., & Li, J. et al. (2018). An automated dose verification software for brachytherapy. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 10(5), 478-482. https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2018.79396

Chicago

Wang, Xianliang, Pei Wang, Churong Li, Wu Zhangwen, Gou Chengjun, Jie Li, and Shengwei Kang et al. 2018. "An automated dose verification software for brachytherapy". Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy 10 (5): 478-482. doi:10.5114/jcb.2018.79396.

Harvard

Wang, X., Wang, P., Li, C., Zhangwen, W., Chengjun, G., Li, J., Kang, S., and Hou, Q. (2018). An automated dose verification software for brachytherapy. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, 10(5), pp.478-482. https://doi.org/10.5114/jcb.2018.79396

MLA

Wang, Xianliang et al. "An automated dose verification software for brachytherapy." Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy, vol. 10, no. 5, 2018, pp. 478-482. doi:10.5114/jcb.2018.79396.

Vancouver

Wang X, Wang P, Li C, Zhangwen W, Chengjun G, Li J et al. An automated dose verification software for brachytherapy. Journal of Contemporary Brachytherapy. 2018;10(5):478-482. doi:10.5114/jcb.2018.79396.

Purpose

To report an implementation method and the results of independent brachytherapy dose verification software (DVS).

Material and methods

The DVS was developed based on Visual C++ and adopted a modular structure design. The DICOM RT files exported from a treatment planning system (TPS) were automatically loaded into the DVS. The DVS used the TG-43 formalism for dose calculation. A total of 15 cervical cancer patients who underwent brachytherapy were retrospectively selected to test the DVS. Dosimetric parameters and  analysis (0.1 cm, 5%) were used to evaluate the dose differences between the DVS and the TPS.

Results

Compared with the TPS dose, the  pass rates of the dose calculated by the DVS were higher than 98%. For the clinical target volume (CTV), the dosimetric differences were less than 0.63% for D90% and D100%. For the bladder, rectum, and sigmoid, the agreement of D0.1cc, D1cc, and D2cc were within a 0.78% level.