Assessment of four dose calculation algorithms using IAEA-TECDOC-1583 with medium dependency correction factor (Kmed) application
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Aram Rostami1, Abdul Sattar Khalid1, Hamed Ghafari2
1Radiation Oncology Department, National Center for Cancer Care and Research, Doha, Qatar.
Purpose:
This study discusses the measurement of dose in clinical commissioning tests described in IAEA-TECDOC-1583. It explores the application of Monte Carlo (MC) modelled medium dependency correction factors (Kmed) for accurate dose measurement in bone and lung materials using the CIRS phantom.
Methods:
BEAMnrc codes simulate radiation sources and model radiation transport for 6 MV and 15 MV photon beams. CT images of the CIRS phantom are converted to an MC compatible phantom. The PTW 30013 farmer chamber measures doses within modeled CIRS phantom. Kmed are determined by averaging values from four central voxels within the sensitive volume of the farmer chamber. Kmed is calculated for Dm.m and Dw.w algorithm types in bone and lung media for both photon beams.
Results:
Average modelled correction factors for Dm.m calculations using the farmer chamber are 0.976 (±0.1 %) for 6 MV and 0.979 (±0.1 %) for 15 MV in bone media. Correspondingly, correction factors for Dw.w calculations are 0.99 (±0.3 %) and 0.992 (±0.4 %), respectively. For lung media, average correction factors for Dm.m calculations are 1.02 (±0.3 %) for 6 MV and 1.022 (±0.4 %) for 15 MV. Correspondingly, correction factors for Dw.w calculations are 1.01 (±0.3 %) and 1.012 (±0.2 %), respectively.
Conclusions:
This study highlights the significant impact of applying Kmed on dose differences between measurement and calculation during the dose audit process.
