Thepphithak Watthanasarn. Comparison of beam data for different detectors of a 6 MV photon beam. Master's Degree(Medical Physics). Mahidol University. : Mahidol University, 2008.
Comparison of beam data for different detectors of a 6 MV photon beam
The aim of this work was to investigate the different radiation detectors of
Lopburi Cancer Center by comparing the beam data measurement: output factor, beam
profile, and depth dose for field sizes between 2×2 cm2 to 30×30 cm2 at the depth of
1.5, 5, and 10 cm for 100 cm SSD in a 6 MV photon beam. For output factor
measurements, IC 0.3 cm3, Markus parallel plate chamber, and diode were used with
respect to IC 0.6 cm3 due to its air equivalence. However for beam profile and depth
dose measurements, IC 0.3 cm3, Markus parallel plate chamber were used with respect
to the diode measurement due to its high spatial resolution as compared with XV film
for some field sizes and depths. The IC 0.3 cm3 and Markus parallel plate chamber are
suitable for output measurement except for field sizes smaller than 3×3 cm2. The IC
0.6 cm3 underestimated the output factor for 2×2 cm2 about 24.3% compared with IC
0.3 cm3 due to it suffers from the volume averaging effect. For results concerning
beam profile and surface dose measurement, both IC 0.3 cm3 and Markus parallel
plate chamber were not suitable due to their finite size of the sensitive volume. The
maximum penumbra width difference was about 3 mm and the maximum surface dose
for difference was about 3.7% and 9.4% for IC 0.3 cm3 and Markus parallel plate
chamber respectively at the field size of 2×2 cm2 compared with diode measurement.
Diode is highly suitable for a routine use of beam profile and depth dose measurement
although diode is slightly over-response at the distal region of the depth dose curve
and the penumbra tail due to its non tissue equivalence.