Absolute dose measurements by means of a small cylindrical ionization chamber for very high dose per pulse high energy electron beams

被引：12
作者：
Karaj, E. [1 ]
Righi, S. [1 ]
Di Martino, F. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Azienda Osped Univ Pisana, UO Fis Sanitaria, I-56126 Pisa, Italy
来源：
MEDICAL PHYSICS | 2007年 / 34卷 / 03期
关键词：
IORT; dose per pulse; k(sat); inclined applicators; small cylindrical ionization chamber;
D O I：
10.1118/1.2436979
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：
Very high dose per pulse (3-13 cGy/pulse) high energy electron beams are currently produced by special linear accelerators (linac) dedicated to Intra Operative Radiation Therapy (IORT). The electron beams produced by such linacs are collimated by special Perspex applicators of various size and cylindrically shaped. The biggest problems from the dosimetric point of view are caused by the high dose-per-pulse values and the use of inclined applicators. In this work measurements of absolute dose for the inclined applicators were done by using a small cylindrical ionization chamber, type CC01 (Wellhofer), a parallel plane ionization chamber type Markus (PTW 23343) and radiochromic films type EBT. We show a method which allows calculating the quality correction factors for CC01 chamber with an uncertainty of 1% and the absolute dose value for the inclined applicators using CC01 with an uncertainty of 3.1% for electron beams of energy of 6 and 7 MeV produced by the linac dedicated to IORT Novac7. (c) 2007 American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
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页码：952 / 958
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