Date of Award
2011
Document Type
Thesis
Publication Status
Version of Record
Submission Date
October 2026
Abstract
A simple method to verify the total treatment time generated by the treatment planning system (TPS) when the CONTURA MLB or the SAVI applicator are used for APBI treatments has been developed. The method compares the time generated by the TPS to a predicted time, calculated by inserting parameters obtained from the TPS in equations generated in this Thesis. The equations were generated by linearly fitting data from clinical cases that had been treated using the Contura MLB or the SAVI applicator at the Lynn Cancer Institute of the Boca Raton Regional Hospital. The parameters used were the PTV coverage, Air Kerma Strength, Balloon Volume (Contura data fit) and Evaluation PTV (SAVI data fit). As an outcome of this research, it is recommended that the plan should be reevaluated when the percent difference between the generated and the predicted times exceeds 5% for the Contura MLB, or 10% for the SAVI.
Extent
x, 48 p. : ill. (some col.)
Recommended Citation
Kyriacou, Andreas, "method of verification of the total treatment time for the APBI (Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation) devices" (2011). Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019. 334.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/etd_general_6/334
Identifier
FADT3332254
Comments
by Andreas Kyriacou.|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2011.|Includes bibliography.|Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2011. Mode of access: World Wide Web.|by Andreas Kyriacou.