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Poster - Thur Eve - 32: Water tank referenced calibration method for detector array devices.

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¹The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre, Ottawa, ON.

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A new calibration method using water tank data improves detector array accuracy for radiation therapy. This approach enhances beam profile evaluation by reducing errors associated with standard calibration techniques.

Keywords:

Calibration Detector arrays Dosimetry Linear accelerators

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Radiotherapy Physics

Background:

Detector array devices like the I'mRT Matrixx are crucial for evaluating radiation therapy beam profiles.
Standard relative calibration of these arrays is sensitive to beam output variations.
An alternative calibration method referencing detector response to water tank data is proposed.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce and validate a novel water tank reference calibration procedure for detector arrays.
To assess the accuracy and energy independence of the proposed calibration method.
To mitigate errors in detector array calibration for improved beam profile analysis.

Main Methods:

Measured Matrixx detector response at four cardinal angles for three devices.
Determined calibration factors by dividing water tank profiles by Matrixx response.
Calculated the geometric mean of orientations to estimate the calibration coefficient.

Main Results:

Reduced average deviation from water tank profiles from 0.4% to 0.1% after calibration.
Confirmed the energy independence of the proposed relative calibration method.
Mitigated differences between short Matrixx acquisitions and long water tank acquisitions through averaging.

Conclusions:

The proposed water tank reference calibration is effective for detector arrays.
This method mitigates compound errors by avoiding recursive algorithms.
The procedure offers direct relevance to commissioning beam data in radiotherapy.