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DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 1

A silicon strip detector for a novel 2D dosimetric method for complex radiotherapy treatment verification. Alessio Bocci DITANET Experienced Researcher. DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 1. Outline. Complex radiation therapy treatments - IMRT

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DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 1

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  1. A silicon strip detector for a novel 2D dosimetric method for complex radiotherapy treatment verification Alessio Bocci DITANET Experienced Researcher DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 1

  2. Outline • Complex radiation therapy treatments - IMRT • Detectors for dosimetric applications • RADIA2 project : experimental set-up • Measurements and results • Conclusions DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 2

  3. Motivation and Objective • Motivation: • Cancer is the second most frequent cause of death in developed countries. At present, although surgery is the most effective way to remove the malignant tissue, when it is combined with radiation therapy improves the cure rate by 40% approximately. • Objective • Characterization of a silicon strip detector dedicated to 2D dose measurements in the axial plane of a phantom for the verification of complex radiation therapy treatment plans (i.e. IMRT) DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 3

  4. IntensityModulatedRadiationTherapy Many beam directions and entrance points for conformal doses distributions modulating in space the fluence of each radiation field DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 4

  5. Dosimetry for radiotherapy verification 2D Detectors dedicated to radiotherapy verification plans • Ionization chambers – “gold standard” detectors • Radiographic and radiochromic films • Semiconductor dosimeters: Silicon diodes DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 5

  6. Dose distribution verification Film dosimeters: traditional detectors for verifying treatment plans dose distribution Coronal plane (ventral and dorsal) Film dosimetry used as 2D dosimeters : Advantages: high spatial resolution (sub-mm), good uniformity, axial plane Disadvantages: Unusable as on-line detectors and are unreliable and time consuming detectors Axial plane (inferior and superior) Sagittal plane DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 6

  7. 2D Digital Detectors in radiotherapy treatments Single silicon detectors and ionization chambers assembled for 2D detectors IMRTLog (ONCOlog Medical) 2D arraysilicondiodes spatialresolution 0.5 to 1.0 cm I’MRT MatriXX (Scanditronix/Wellhöfer) array of ionizations chambers MapCHECK (Sun Nuclear) silicondiodes Spatial resolution is still poor with respect to film dosimeters These devices are useful only for one irradiation angle and they can measure dose distribution only in thecoronal plane of the patient DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 7

  8. New detection systems Traditional detectors New detection systems Radiographic films It is necessary to develop new detection systems that enhance the traditional ones, and that are able to verify in a simple and accurate way complex treatment planning inexpensive radiation hard easy to use DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 8

  9. From Nuclear Physics to Medical Applications Medical applications can benefit from the developments on nuclear and high energy physics detector technology Silicon strip detectors mounted @ CNA in a telescope configuration Silicon strip detectors mounted @ Virgen Macarena Hospital in Seville silicon detectors for medical applications silicon tracking detectors DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 9

  10. RADIA2 Project Si-DETECTOR • Commercial silicon detector • Low cost • Normally used on particle detection (W1 type from Micron Semiconductor Ltd) • Single sided 16 strips (3.1 mm pitch) • Active area 50 x 50 mm² & 500 µm thick DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 10

  11. Why Silicon detectors ? Advantages: Linear relationship between photon energy and e/h pairs ; High sensitivity (Si - 3.6 eV/pair – sensitivity per unit volume: 640 nC Gy-1/mm3) (about 18000 times the sensitivity per unit volume of an ionization chamber) ; Small active volume that allows to obtain high spatial resolution ; Well developed technology for the production of segmented monolithic planar detectors ; Radiation hard material ; C. Talamonti et al, NIM-A 658 (2011) 84–89 DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 11

  12. Single-sided-Si-stripdetectors (SSSSD) γ photons Radiotherapy energies photon interactions : Compton Effect Secondary electrons from the phantom interacts centemeters away Water-equivalent phantom Signals from each strip are converted to the absorbed dose DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 12

  13. RADIA2 Project – Collaboration Z. Abou-Haidar1, M. A. G. Alvarez1 ,R. Arrans3, A. Bocci1, M. A. Cortes-Giraldo2 , J. M. Espino2 ,M. I. Gallardo2, A. Perez Vega-Leal4 F. J. Perez Nieto5, J. M. Quesada2 • DITANET group @ NationalAccelerator Centre (CNA) • Department of Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics (FAMN), • University of Seville • 3. Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville • 4. School of Engineering, University of Seville • 5. Instalaciones Inabensa S.A. A. Bocci et. al.,Empirical characterization of a silicon strip detector for a novel 2d mapped method for dosimetric verification of radiotherapy treatments,  Radiotherapy and Oncology, Volume 99, Supplement 1, May 2011, Page S172 A. Bocci et. al.,A silicon strip detector for a novel 2D dosimetric method for radiotherapy treatment verification submitted to NIM-a (October 2011) M. A. Cortes-Giraldo et al., "Geant4 Simulation to Study the Sensitivity of a MICRON Silicon Strip Detector Irradiated by a SIEMENS PRIMUS Linac",Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology, in press (2011) DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 13

  14. LINAC accelerator SiemensPRIMUS linac dual energy machine operating at 6 MV photon mode University Hospital Virgen Macarena (Seville, Spain) A treatment planning system TPS (Philips Pinnacle) was used to calculate dose distributions. Calculations were compared to experimental data DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 14

  15. Experimental Set-up Two phantoms prototypes were designed and built Cylindrical phantom Polyethylene slab material 1. A slab phantom for: detector characterization (sensitive area perpendicular to the beam direction) 2. A cylindrical phantom for: angular response measurements & 2D treatment plans verification in the axial plane DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 15

  16. Detector in the axial plane Set-up 2: The active area of the detector is parallel to the beam direction (axial plane) Since common ways to present dose distributions is a dose map in the patient axial plane, as an innovation the detector was placed in the cylindrical phantomin the axial plane, parallel to the beam axis This work is part of a more ambitious project aiming to: Employ this prototype for obtaining 2D dose maps by an in-house developed algorithm dedicated to verify IMRT treatment plans. This system is patent pending DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 16

  17. Electronics discrete electronics developed in-house School of Engineering, University of Seville School of Engineering, University of Seville Charge integrators for each strip (electrometers) digitized (12 bits) and analyzed by a Digital signal processor (DSP) Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville A PC allows to control and to retrieve data via an RS-232 serial bus based on a LabVIEW software DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 17

  18. Measurements Detector characterization Set-up 1: • Linearity • Uniformity • Calibration • Percent Depth Dose (PDD) • Penumbra Set-up 2: • TPS and Geant4 Simulations • Angular measurements • Final calibration Angular response DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 18

  19. Measurements Detector characterization Set-up 1: • Linearity • Uniformity • Calibration • Percent Depth Dose (PDD) • Penumbra Set-up 2: • TPS and Geant4 simulations • Angular measurements • Final calibration Angular response DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 19

  20. Linearity Set-up 1: SSSSD perpendicular to the beam direction Linearity with dose better than 0.1 % for all channels DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 20

  21. Measurements Detector characterization Set-up 1: • Linearity • Uniformity • Calibration • Percent Depth Dose (PDD) • Penumbra Set-up 2: • TPS and Geant4 simulations • Angular measurements • Final calibration Angular response DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 21

  22. Uniformity Set-up 1: SSSSD perpendicular to the beam direction Non-uniformities depend by the different strip efficiency and gain of the electronics Uniformity better than 0.5 % for all channels DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 22

  23. Measurements Detector characterization Set-up 1: • Linearity • Uniformity • Calibration • Percent Depth Dose (PDD) • Penumbra Set-up 2: • TPS and Geant4 simulations • Angular measurements • Final calibration Angular response DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 23

  24. Calibration Set-up 1: SSSSD perpendicular to the beam direction Monitor Units –> Voltage -> cGy Calibration in standard condition radiation field 10 × 10 cm2 source-to-surface distance (SSD) = 100 cm 1.5 cm of water-equivalent solid slabs DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 24

  25. Measurements Detector characterization Set-up 1: • Linearity • Uniformity • Calibration • Percent Depth Dose (PDD) • Penumbra Set-up 2: • TPS and Geant4 simulations • Angular measurements • Final calibration Angular response DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 25

  26. Percent Depth Dose Set-up 1: SSSSD perpendicular to the beam direction Dose at different depth measured using different water-equivalent solid slabs The difference between SSSSD and ionization chamber is: 0.68 % at 10 cm and 0.73 % at 15 cm DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 26

  27. Measurements Detector characterization Set-up 1: • Linearity • Uniformity • Calibration • Percent Depth Dose (PDD) • Penumbra Set-up 2: • TPS and Geant4 simulations • Angular measurements • Final calibration Angular response DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 27

  28. Penumbra Region between 20 % and 80 % of the maximum dose levels at 1.5 cm water depth SSSSD: 6.17 ± 0.56 mm - single silicon diode: 3.92 ± 0.20 mm Set-up 1: SSSSD perpendicular to the beam direction SSSSD penumbra value larger than the one obtained when using a single silicon detector This was mainly due to the SSSSD strips pitch of 3.1 mm Geant4 simulations gave compatible results Improvements with a future prototype (next project) DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 28

  29. Measurements Detector characterization Set-up 1: • Linearity • Uniformity • Calibration • Percent Depth Dose (PDD) • Penumbra Set-up 2: • Geant4 simulations and TPS calculations • Angular measurements • Final calibration Angular response DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 29

  30. Geant4 simulations and TPS calculations Phantom SSSSD Detector Treatment head Geometry Model The geometry of the Siemens treatment head at 6 MV nominal energyphotons, was reproduced in detail The geometric model of the phantoms and of the SSSSD was also reproduced The absorbed dose in each strip was calculated Geant4 Simulations were also performed for calculating the dose-to-water case for comparisons with TPS calculations M. A. Cortes-Giraldo et al., "Geant4 Simulation to Study the Sensitivity of a MICRON Silicon Strip Detector Irradiated by a SIEMENS PRIMUS Linac",Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology,in press (2011) M. A. Cortés Giraldo, Ph. D. Thesis, 2011 DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 30

  31. Measurements Detector characterization Angular response Set-up 1: • Linearity • Uniformity • Calibration • Percent Depth Dose (PDD) • Penumbra Set-up 2: • Geant4 simulations and TPS calculations • Angular measurements • Final calibration DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 31

  32. Angular response 00 Set-up 2: SSSSD parallel to the beam direction 450 Two experimental measurements gantry detector 3150 DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 32

  33. Angular Response Steps of 450 Set-up 2: SSSSD parallel to the beam direction Comparison between exp. data, TPS and Geant4 The agreement between the tendency of experimental data at different angles and the TPS is notable This implies that the new calibration factors are independent of the irradiation angle Constant calibration factors DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 33

  34. Measurements Detector characterization Angular response Set-up 1: • Linearity • Uniformity • Calibration • Percent Depth Dose (PDD) • Penumbra Set-up 2: • Geant4 simulations and TPS calculations • Angular measurements • Final calibration DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 34

  35. Final Calibration Constant calibration factors Set-up 2: SSSSD parallel to the beam direction Calibration factors: Experimental/TPS gantry detector Calibration factors independent of angular irradiation and of strip number DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 35

  36. Final Calibration Set-up 2: SSSSD parallel to the beam direction Calibrated dose gantry detector Relative difference between the calibrated dose and TPS calculations are better than 2 % DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 36

  37. Conclusions • Main Objective: Characterize and benchmark a new detection system based on a Si-strip detector dedicated to 2D dose measurements in the axial plane of a cylindrical phantom • SSSSD characterization: results shows that the prototype is suitable for IMRT verification plans (remarkable linearity, uniformity, PDD) • The angular response of the detector in the axial plane was independent of the irradiation angle and of the strip number • Geant4 simulations gave compatible results with respect to TPS and to experimental data • Final calibration with respect to TPS in the axial plane gives differences smaller than 2 % for all the strips • This system is patent pending OEMPPATENT number P201101009 DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 37

  38. Future developments • Future: work is in progress in order to obtain 2D dose maps from experimental data in the axial plane using an in-house developed algorithm based on the Radon Transform • A new SSSSD prototype and a new experimental set-up has been designed to improve the spatial resolution, coupling the data acquisition system with a reconstruction algorithm and with an on-line graphical interface software DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 38

  39. RADIA2 Project – Collaboration Z. Abou-Haidar1, M. A. G. Alvarez1 ,R. Arrans3, A. Bocci1, M. A. Cortes-Giraldo2 , J. M. Espino2 ,M. I. Gallardo2, A. Perez Vega-Leal4 F. J. Perez Nieto5, J. M. Quesada2 • DITANET group @ NationalAccelerator Centre (CNA) • Department of Atomic, Molecular and Nuclear Physics (FAMN), • University of Seville • 3. Virgen Macarena University Hospital, Seville • 4. School of Engineering, University of Seville • 5. Instalaciones Inabensa S.A. A. Bocci et. al.,Empirical characterization of a silicon strip detector for a novel 2d mapped method for dosimetric verification of radiotherapy treatments,  Radiotherapy and Oncology, Volume 99, Supplement 1, May 2011, Page S172 A. Bocci et. al.,A silicon strip detector for a novel 2D dosimetric method for radiotherapy treatment verification submitted to NIM-a (October 2011) M. A. Cortes-Giraldo et al., "Geant4 Simulation to Study the Sensitivity of a MICRON Silicon Strip Detector Irradiated by a SIEMENS PRIMUS Linac",Progress in Nuclear Science and Technology, in press (2011) DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 39

  40. Thank you for your attention!!!

  41. Single Strip and 2D monolithic silicon detectors Research is directed towards silicon microstrip technology to improve spatial resolution 1. DOSI 2. CMRP DMG 128 phosphor implanted n+ strips on a p-type silicon wafer Single crystal n-Si 128 channels 32 mm x 0.2 mm I. Redondo-Fernandez et al, NIM-a, (2007) 141–144 J. H. D. Wong et al., Medical Physics 37 (2010) 427–439 3. European project MAESTRO Pixellated monolithic silicon detectors such as the 2D array 441 Si n+p diodes 50 µm epi layer growth on MCz p. Active area: 6.29 x 6.29 cm2. D. Menichelli et al., Nucl. Instr. and Meth. A, 583, 109 (2007) DITANET Workshop 08 November 2011 Alessio Bocci, CNA 29

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