Radiation irradiation system and control method therefor
A radiation irradiation system and a control method therefor. On the basis of weight proportions of elements in a human body and reaction intensities the elements with a neutron and a photon, the element that has influence on simulation calculation results of the neutron and the photon in an application scenario of the radiation irradiation system is screened out, and during a simulation process, only the screened-out element is simulated, so that the calculation speed can be greatly improved, and the calculation time can be reduced.
1. A radioactive ray irradiation system, characterized in that the radioactive ray irradiation system comprises:
a beam irradiation device, generating a treatment beam and irradiating the treatment beam to an irradiated body, to form an irradiated site;
a treatment plan module, performing dose simulation and calculation according to parameters of the treatment beam and medical imaging data of the irradiated site and generating a treatment plan, wherein simulation of a photon is stopped in response to a semi-absorption thickness of the photon being less than or equal to a first preset value; and
a control module, controlling irradiation of the beam irradiation device according to the treatment plan.
2. The radioactive ray irradiation system of claim 1 , wherein the radioactive ray irradiation system is a neutron capture therapy system, and the beam irradiation device comprises a neutron generation device, a beam shaping body and a treatment table, the neutron generation device comprises an accelerator and a target, the accelerator accelerates charged particles to generate a charged particle line which acts with the target to generate a neutron line, the beam shaping body is capable of adjusting the neutron line generated by the neutron generation device to have a preset beam quality, and the neutron line generated by the neutron generation device is irradiated to the irradiated body on the treatment table through the beam shaping body.
3. The radioactive ray irradiation system of claim 1 , wherein the treatment plan module calculates the semi-absorption thickness t of the photon by a formula (1-1):
t
=
ln
2
μ
≈
0.693
μ
(
1
-
1
)
where μ is a linear attenuation factor of the photon which is determined by a material passed by the photon and photon energy.
4. The radioactive ray irradiation system of claim 1 , wherein the first preset value is a cell size, the first preset value is 0.2 mm, and when photon energy is less than or equal to a second preset value, the semi-absorption thickness of the photon corresponding to the photon energy is less than or equal to the first preset value, wherein the second preset value is 10 KeV.
5. A method for controlling a radioactive ray irradiation system, characterized in that the radioactive ray irradiation system comprises: a beam irradiation device, generating a treatment beam and irradiating the treatment beam to an irradiated body, to form an irradiated site; a treatment plan module, performing dose simulation and calculation according to parameters of the treatment beam and medical imaging data of the irradiated site and generating a treatment plan; and a control module, controlling irradiation of the beam irradiation device according to the treatment plan,
the method for controlling the radioactive ray irradiation system comprises: stopping simulation of a photon, in response to a semi-absorption thickness of the photon being less than or equal to a first preset value.
6. The method for controlling the radioactive ray irradiation system of claim 5 , wherein the treatment plan module calculates the semi-absorption thickness t of the photon by a formula (1-1):
t
=
ln
2
μ
≈
0.693
μ
(
1
-
1
)
where μ is a linear attenuation factor of the photon which is determined by a material passed by the photon and photon energy.
7. The method for controlling the radioactive ray irradiation system of claim 6 , wherein the first preset value is a cell size.
8. The method for controlling the radioactive ray irradiation system of claim 6 , wherein the first preset value is 0.2 mm.
9. The method for controlling the radioactive ray irradiation system of claim 5 , wherein when photon energy is less than or equal to a second preset value, the semi-absorption thickness of the photon corresponding to the photon energy is less than or equal to the first preset value.
10. The method for controlling the radioactive ray irradiation system of claim 9 , wherein the second preset value is 10 KeV.