Development of novel ionization chambers for reference dosimetry in electron flash radiotherapy

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作者
Liu, Kevin [1 ,2 ]
Holmes, Shannon [3 ]
Khan, Ahtesham Ullah [4 ,5 ]
Hooten, Brian [3 ]
DeWerd, Larry [4 ]
Schuler, Emil [1 ,2 ]
Beddar, Sam [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Texas MD Anderson Canc Ctr, Dept Radiat Phys, Div Radiat Oncol, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030 USA
[2] Univ Texas MD Anderson Canc Ctr, UTHealth Houston, Grad Sch Biomed Sci, Houston, TX USA
[3] Stand Imaging Inc, Middleton, WI USA
[4] Univ Wisconsin Madison, Sch Med & Publ Hlth, Dept Med Phys, Madison, WI USA
[5] Northwestern Univ, Northwestern Mem Hosp, Dept Radiat Oncol, Feinberg Sch Med, Chicago, IL USA
基金
美国国家卫生研究院;
关键词
dosimetry; FLASH; ion chamber; HIGH-DOSE-RATE; ION RECOMBINATION; RADIATION-THERAPY; BEAM DOSIMETRY; IRRADIATION; PHOTON; DESIGN; MODEL;
D O I
10.1002/mp.17425
中图分类号
R8 [特种医学]; R445 [影像诊断学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100207 ; 1009 ;
摘要
Background: Reference dosimetry in ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) beamlines is significantly hindered by limitations in conventional ionization chamber design. In particular, conventional chambers suffer from severe charge collection efficiency (CCE) degradation in high dose per pulse (DPP) beams. Purpose: The aim of this study was to optimize the design and performance of parallel plate ion chambers for use in UHDR dosimetry applications, and evaluate their potential as reference class chambers for calibration purposes. Three chamber designs were produced to determine the influence of the ion chamber response on electrode separation, field strength, and collection volume on the ion chamber response under UHDR and ultra-high dose per pulse (UHDPP) conditions. Methods: Three chambers were designed and produced: the A11-VAR (0.2-1.0 mm electrode gap, 20 mm diameter collector), the A11-TPP (0.3 mm electrode gap, 20 mm diameter collector), and the A30 (0.3 mm electrode gap, 5.4 mm diameter collector). The chambers underwent full characterization using an UHDR 9 MeV electron beam with individually varied beam parameters of pulse repetition frequency (PRF, 10-120 Hz), pulse width (PW, 0.5-4 mu s), and pulse amplitude (0.01-9 Gy/pulse). The response of the ion chambers was evaluated as a function of the DPP, PRF, PW, dose rate, electric field strength, and electrode gap. Results: The chamber response was found to be dependent on DPP and PW, and these dependencies were mitigated with larger electric field strengths and smaller electrode spacing. At a constant electric field strength, we measured a larger CCE as a function of DPP for ion chambers with a smaller electrode gap in the A11-VAR. For ion chambers with identical electrode gap (A11-TPP and A30), higher electric field strengths were found to yield better CCE at higher DPP. A PW dependence was observed at low electric field strengths (500 V/mm) for DPP values ranging from 1 to 5 Gy at PWs ranging from 0.5 to 4 mu s, but at electric field strengths of 1000 V/mm and higher, these effects become negligible. Conclusion: This study confirmed that the CCE of ion chambers depends strongly on the electrode spacing and the electric field strength, and also on the DPP and the PW of the UHDR beam. A significant finding of this study is that although chamber performance does depend on PW, the effect on the CCE becomes negligible with reduced electrode spacing and increased electric field. A CCE of >= 95% was achieved for DPPs of up to 5 Gy with no observable dependence on PW using the A30 chamber, while still achieving an acceptable performance in conventional dose rate beams, opening up the possibility for this type of chamber to be used as a reference class chamber for calibration purposes of electron FLASH beamlines.
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页码:9275 / 9289
页数:15
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