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Area of Science:

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  • Radiation Oncology
  • Dosimetry

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  • Accurate radiation therapy necessitates precise dosimetry, especially with narrow radiation fields.
  • Small field sizes in radiation therapy present significant challenges for dose calculations and measurements.
  • Increased uncertainty is a concern when performing dosimetry with small field sizes.

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  • To investigate the impact of detector size on small field dosimetry.
  • To compare the performance of ionization chambers and semiconductor detectors in small field conditions.
  • To evaluate detector accuracy for absolute dose measurements under reference and small field conditions.

Main Methods:

  • Investigated dosimetry across various small field sizes (1cm x 1cm to 5cm x 5cm).
  • Utilized a linear accelerator with ionization chambers (Farmer FC65-P, CC13, CC01) and an IBA Razor diode.
  • Measured absorbed dose in water under reference conditions (10cm x 10cm field, 100cm SSD, 10cm depth).

Main Results:

  • All detectors showed <±2% difference under reference conditions, except the Razor diode (±5%).
  • Significant differences were observed when measuring small fields.
  • The Razor diode exhibited a 48% difference compared to other detectors in small fields.

Conclusions:

  • The IBA Razor diode demonstrates greater stability in small-field dosimetry compared to ionization chambers.
  • The Razor diode is recommended for relative dosimetry applications.
  • The Razor diode is not suitable for absolute dose measurements in small fields.