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Dosimetric Characterization of a Novel Surface Collimator With Tungsten Functional Paper for Electron Therapy
Yoshihiro Kawai1, Mikoto Tamura2, Morikazu Amano1
1Department of Radiology, Fujieda Municipal General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan.
Background/Aim:
The aim of the study was to investigate the dosimetric characteristics of electron beams with a tungsten functional paper (TFP) surface collimator.
Materials And Methods:
The circular field of 6.0 cm diameter was created with the TFP collimator put on the phantom. Depth and lateral dose profiles for 4 and 6 MeV electron beams were obtained. The characteristics of lateral dose profile, treatment diameter as width over 90% of the dose, and penumbra as width of the off-axis positions from 80% to 20% dose levels were evaluated.
Results:
Compared to the lead collimator, the TFP collimator generated higher surface doses, the treatment diameters were increased from 42.8 to 48.6 mm and from 40.0 to 41.4 mm, and the penumbras were reduced from 15.0 to 9.6 mm and from 16.4 to 13.0 mm for 4 and 6 MeV electron beams, respectively.
Conclusion:
The TFP surface collimator can provide an excellent dose distribution compared to the conventional lead collimator.
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