The physical characteristics of a SLIC-EPID for transmitted dosimetry
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Background
for treatment verification in radiation therapy. Several physical characteristics of ScanningLiquid filled Ionization Chamber EPID (SLIC-EPID) including: extra build-up layer,reproducibility and uniformity, and noise level were investigated.Electronic Portal Imaging Devices (EPIDs) have found an outstanding positionMaterials And Methods
equilibrium, 1-30 mm white water materials (RW3) were placed on the EPID cover and thevariation of pixel values were investigated. To assess the short term reproducibility, a series of10 consecutive Electronic Portal Images (EPIs) were acquired. The variation of pixel valueswere then determined in irradiated field using MATLAB software. For long term reproducibility,the described above experiment was then repeated seven times. To determine the noise levelin EPID images, 10 consecutive flood images were acquired. The measurement was repeatedafter two days during a fortnight.To determine the extra build-up layer to reach the electronicResults
No significant variation was observed between the maximum thickness of build-up layerrequired for the central axis and peripheral points. For reproducibility measurements, no systematicvariation was observed between mean, maximum and minimum acquired pixel values.Both the long-term and short term reproducibility was found to be less than 1%. The noise levelwas generally less than 1% and this can be referred as an acceptable dose level5 mm of RW3 material was found to increase the pixel values to the maximum possible..Conclusion
can be used for dosimetry. However, for a particular linac energy and EPID image acquisitionmode, the extra build-up layer thickness must be known for the EPID to be used for dosimetricpurposesThe physical characteristics, measured in this work, suggest that the SLIC-EPID.Language:
English
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International Journal of Radiation Research, Volume:2 Issue: 4, Oct 2004
Page:
175
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