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    Measurement of percentage dose at the surface for a 6MV photon beam

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    AimTo evaluate if a radiochromic film (RF) Gafchromic EBT3 is suitable for surface dose measurements of radiotherapy treatments performed with a 6MV linear accelerator. Two aspects of RF were analyzed, beam energy dependence and surface dose determination.BackgroundThe 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 MethodsThe measurements were done using a Novalis linear accelerator (LINAC) with nominal energy of 6MV. To determine the surface dose, the total scatter factors (TSF) of three different field sizes were measured in a water phantom at 5cm 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 5cm depth, and the TSF.ResultsThe radiochromic films showed almost energy independence, the differences between the curves are 1.7% and 1.8% for the 1.5cm and 10cm depth, respectively. The percentage depth doses values at the surface measured for the 10cm脳10cm, 5cm脳5cm and 1cm脳1cm were 26.1卤1.3%, 21.3卤2.4% and 20.2卤2.6%, respectively.ConclusionsThe 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

    An谩lisis de los espectros de absorci贸n de las pel铆culas radiocr贸micas EBT2 y EBT3

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    Objetivo: Analizar los espectros de absorci贸n neta de las pel铆culas radiocr贸micas EBT2 y EBT3 para describir su influencia en el comportamiento de las curvas de dosis-respuesta. Metodolog铆a: Las pel铆culas se irradiaron en un acelerador lineal de 6 MV. La obtenci贸n de los espectros de absorci贸n neta se realiz贸 con espectrofot贸metro UV/VIS. Las curvas de dosis-respuesta se obtuvieron con un esc谩ner, un l谩ser He-Ne y un espectrofot贸metro. Resultados: El espectro de absorci贸n de las EBT2 muestra tres bandas de absorci贸n centradas que conservan la posici贸n y aumentan su intensidad en funci贸n de la dosis, sin embargo, este comportamiento no se observa en las pel铆culas EBT3. La curva dosis-respuesta muestra la m谩xima sensibilidad utilizando el espectrofot贸metro, pero no muestra un comportamiento definido. Implicaciones: Generaci贸n de nuevos conocimientos para la creaci贸n de nuevos sistemas 贸pticos capaces de amplificar la sensibilidad de la respuesta de las pel铆culas. Originalidad: Mostrar la correlaci贸n entre los espectros de absorci贸n neta y su influencia en las curvas dosis-respuesta en tres diferentes sistemas 贸pticos. Conclusiones: El comportamiento de los espectros de absorci贸n aunado al comportamiento de las curvas dosis-respuesta nos ayuda a descartar el uso de sistemas 贸pticos que no garanticen un uso cl铆nico confiable
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