| Magnetic decoupling of the linac in a low field biplanar linac-MR system. | |
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PMID: 20964194 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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PURPOSE: The integration of a low field biplanar magnetic resonance (MR) imager and linear accelerator (linac) causes magnetic interference at the linac due to the MR fringe fields. In order to eliminate this interference, passive and active magnetic shielding designs are investigated. METHODS: The optimized design of passive magnetic shielding was performed using the finite element method. The design was required to achieve no greater than a 20% electron beam loss within the linac waveguide and electron gun, no greater than 0.06 T at the multileaf collimator (MLC) motors, and generate a distortion of the main MR imaging volume of no greater than 300 ppm. Through the superposition of the analytical solution for a single current carrying wire loop, active shielding designs in the form of three and four sets of coil pairs surrounding the linac waveguide and electron gun were also investigated. The optimized current and coil center locations that yielded the best cancellation of the MR fringe fields at the linac were determined using sequential quadratic programming. RESULTS: Optimized passive shielding in the form of two steel cylinders was designed to meet the required constraints. When shielding the MLC motors along with the waveguide and electron gun, the thickness of the cylinders was less than 1 mm. If magnetically insensitive MLC motors are used, no MLC shielding would be required and the waveguide shield (shielding the waveguide and electron gun) became 1.58 mm thick. In addition, the optimized current and coil spacing for active shielding was determined for both three and four coil pair configurations. The results of the active shielding optimization produced no beam loss within the waveguide and electron gun and a maximum MR field distortion of 91 ppm over a 30 cm diameter spherical volume. CONCLUSIONS: Very simple passive and active shielding designs have been shown to magnetically decouple the linac from the MR imager in a low field biplanar linac-MR system. The MLC passive shielding produced the largest distortion of the MR field over the imaging volume. With the use of magnetically insensitive motors, the MR field distortion drops substantially since no MLC shield is required. The active shielding designs yielded no electron beam loss within the linac. |
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Authors:
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J St Aubin; S Steciw; B G Fallone |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Medical physics Volume: 37 ISSN: 0094-2405 ISO Abbreviation: Med Phys Publication Date: 2010 Sep |
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Created Date: 2010-10-22 Completed Date: 2010-11-10 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0425746 Medline TA: Med Phys Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 4755-61 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Physics, University of Alberta, 11322-89 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2G7, Canada. |
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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instrumentation* Magnetics* Radiation Protection |
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