MAGIC-f gel dosimeter reading: a comparison between an in-house optical CT and MRI imaging

Abstract

Introduction: According to new developments in radiation therapy techniques, accurate ‎dose verification in three-dimensions has become more critical. Polymer gel dosimeters ‎‎(PGDs) are valuable tools to be used for this purpose. Nowadays, various imaging ‎modalities are employed to read out the gels. This study was aimed to investigate the ‎measured dose distribution recorded in MAGIC-f PGD with optical computed tomography ‎‎(OCT) by comparison with MRI. ‎Material and methods: We developed an in-house CCD based cone-beam OCT scanner. A ‎phantom of MAGIC-f PGD was used to measure a four-field box dose distribution. MRI and ‎OCT scanners were performed for gel readouts. Both measurement results were compared ‎by gamma index analysis with various acceptance criteria. The temporal stability of the gel ‎was also evaluated with the OCT readout system.‎Results: The percentage of isodose lines from two measured datasets agreed well together. ‎The pass rates were 99.02%, 96.8%, and 89.8% with 5%/5mm, 4%/4mm, and 3%/3mm ‎criteria, respectively, at the phantom's central axial slice. ‎Conclusion: The results indicate that the performance of this OCT system is almost the ‎same with acceptable discrepancies to the MRI as accepted standard readout modality, and ‎it can be used for three-dimensional dose verifications.‎