Novel 3D printed universal conical holder for eye plaque quality assurance. (Catalan)

Purpose: For the custom‐built construction of eye plaques, the iodine (I‐125) seeds of different source strengths are recycled in our eye plaque program. To return I‐125 seeds to the correct lot, we developed a novel 3D‐printed conical plaque QA holder for relative assay for eye plaques. Materials and methods: A universal 3D‐printed conical plaque holder was designed to accommodate six plaque sizes and fit reproducibly in a well‐type dose calibrator. A reproducibility test was used to compare the plaque placement consistency in the holder versus without the holder. Plaque assays were performed for assembled plaques both before implant and after explant. The explant reading was compared with the implant reading adjusted for decay, and the relative error was calculated. The plaque response fraction (PRF) is defined as the fraction of well chamber implant reading over the total seed strength for a plaque. The PRF was aggregated for each individual plaque to confirm the seed lot before implant. Results: The reproducibility test showed the chamber reading's relative standard deviation of 0.40% with the QA holder compared to 0.68% without it. The batch relative assay was performed for 251 plaques. The absolute value of measurement deviation between explant and decay‐corrected implant readings is 0.89% ± 0.86% (mean ± standard deviation). The PRFs for individual plaques range from 36.49% to 49.87%, with a maximum standard deviation of 2%. Conclusions: This novel 3D‐printed QA holder provides reproducible setup for assaying assembled eye plaques in a well chamber. Batch relative assay can validate the seed batch used and plaque integrity during the implant without assaying individual seeds, saving valuable physicist time and radiation exposure from seed handling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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