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   effect of material and wall thickness buildup caps on the head scatter factor measurements in irregular fields shielded by cerrobend  
   
نویسنده jomehzadeh ali ,shahbazi-gahrouei daryoush ,shahbazi-gahrouei daryoush ,jahanbakhsh vahid
منبع journal of medical signals and sensors - 2017 - دوره : 7 - شماره : 4 - صفحه:247 -251
چکیده    The head scatter factor (sc) is important to measurements radiation beam and beam modeling of treatment planning systems used for advanced radiation therapy techniques. this study aimed to investigate the design of a miniphantom to measurement variations in collimator sc in the presence of shielding blocks for shaping the beam using different field sizes. copper, brass, and perspex buildup caps were designed and fabricated locally as material with three different thicknesses for buildup caps (miniphantoms). measurements were performed on an elekta compact medical linear accelerator (6 mv) in shafa kerman hospital, iran. the farmer-type ion chamber fg65-p (scanditronix, wellhofer) was used for all measurements. to measure the sc, miniphantom was positioned in a stand vertical to the beam central axis. the data indicate that the sc measurements using different buildup cap materials and thicknesses in 5 × 10, 7.5 × 7.5, and two 10 × 10 cm cerrobend shield blocks ranged 0.98 to 1.00, 1.04 to 1.05, and 1.04 to 1.06, respectively. also, it was observed that by increasing the block shield area from 50 cm^2 to both 56.25 and 100 cm^2, the sc increased in all situations. results showed that using brass compared to perspex and copper has less uncertainty due to its simple preparation and cutting which is useful to measurement of variations in collimator sc and shaping the photon beam.
کلیدواژه cerrobend block ,linear accelerator ,miniphantom ,radiation therapy ,scatter collimator factor
آدرس kerman university of medical sciences, school of medicine, department of medical physics, iran, kerman university of medical sciences, school of medicine, department of medical physics, iran, kerman university of medical sciences, school of medicine, department of medical physics, iran, isfahan university of medical sciences, iran
پست الکترونیکی vahidjahanbakhsh87@gmail.com
 
     
   
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