O O Galván De la Cruz1,2, M A Rodríguez-Ávila3, T Rivera-Montalvo2, O A García Garduño4. 1. Unidad de Radioneurocirugía, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Insurgentes Sur 3877, México City, Mexico. 2. Centro de Investigación en Ciencia Aplicada y Tecnología Avanzada, Unidad Legaria, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Legaria 694, México city, México. 3. Posgrado en Ciencias Físicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Física, Circuito de la Investigación Científica s/n. Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, México. 4. Laboratorio de Física Médica, Instituto Nacional de Neurología y Neurocirugía, Insurgentes Sur 3877, México City, México.
Abstract
AIM: To evaluate if a radiochromic film (RF) Gafchromic EBT3 is suitable for surface dose measurements of radiotherapy treatments performed with a 6 MV linear accelerator. Two aspects of RF were analyzed, beam energy dependence and surface dose determination. BACKGROUND: The measurements done at the surface or near the radiation source are done without charged electronic equilibrium and also have contribution of electron contamination. The detectors used for these measurements should not alter the dose to the target. To counteract these dosimetric problems it is proposed to do the measurements with radiochromic films which are thin detectors and have tissue equivalent properties. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The measurements were done using a Novalis linear accelerator (LINAC) with nominal energy of 6 MV. To determine the surface dose, the total scatter factors (TSF) of three different field sizes were measured in a water phantom at 5 cm depth. Energy dependence of EBT3 was studied at three different depths, using a solid water phantom. The surface measurements were done with the RF for the same field sizes of the TSF measurements. The value of the percentage depth dose was calculated normalizing the doses measured in the RF with the LINAC output, at 5 cm depth, and the TSF. RESULTS: The radiochromic films showed almost energy independence, the differences between the curves are 1.7% and 1.8% for the 1.5 cm and 10 cm depth, respectively. The percentage depth doses values at the surface measured for the 10 cm × 10 cm, 5 cm × 5 cm and 1 cm × 1 cm were 26.1 ± 1.3%, 21.3 ± 2.4% and 20.2 ± 2.6%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The RF-EBT3 seems to be a detector suitable for measurements of the dose at the surface. This suggests that RF-EBT3 films might be good candidates as detectors for in vivo dosimetry.
AIM: To evaluate if a radiochromic film (RF) Gafchromic EBT3 is suitable for surface dose measurements of radiotherapy treatments performed with a 6 MV linear accelerator. Two aspects of RF were analyzed, beam energy dependence and surface dose determination. BACKGROUND: The measurements done at the surface or near the radiation source are done without charged electronic equilibrium and also have contribution of electron contamination. The detectors used for these measurements should not alter the dose to the target. To counteract these dosimetric problems it is proposed to do the measurements with radiochromic films which are thin detectors and have tissue equivalent properties. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The measurements were done using a Novalis linear accelerator (LINAC) with nominal energy of 6 MV. To determine the surface dose, the total scatter factors (TSF) of three different field sizes were measured in a water phantom at 5 cm depth. Energy dependence of EBT3 was studied at three different depths, using a solid water phantom. The surface measurements were done with the RF for the same field sizes of the TSF measurements. The value of the percentage depth dose was calculated normalizing the doses measured in the RF with the LINAC output, at 5 cm depth, and the TSF. RESULTS: The radiochromic films showed almost energy independence, the differences between the curves are 1.7% and 1.8% for the 1.5 cm and 10 cm depth, respectively. The percentage depth doses values at the surface measured for the 10 cm × 10 cm, 5 cm × 5 cm and 1 cm × 1 cm were 26.1 ± 1.3%, 21.3 ± 2.4% and 20.2 ± 2.6%, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The RF-EBT3 seems to be a detector suitable for measurements of the dose at the surface. This suggests that RF-EBT3 films might be good candidates as detectors for in vivo dosimetry.
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