Commissioning and initial experience with the first clinical gantry-mounted proton therapy system.

We present our commissioning process and initial clinical experience, including i) CT calibration; ii) beam data acquisition and machine characteristics; iii) dosimetric commissioning of the treatment planning system; iv) validation through the Imaging and Radiation Oncology Core credentialing process, includ-ing irradiations on the spine, prostate, brain, and lung phantoms; v) evaluation of localization accuracy of the image guidance system; and vi) initial clinical experi-ence. Clinically, the system operates well and has provided an excellent platform for the treatment of diseases with protons.
PMID: 27074470 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics - April 15, 2016 Category: Physics Authors: Zhao T, Sun B, Grantham K, Rankine L, Cai B, Goddu SM, Santanam L, Knutson N, Zhang T, Reilly M, Bottani B, Bradley J, Mutic S, Klein EE Tags: J Appl Clin Med Phys Source Type: research