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Irradiator Commissioning and Dosimetry for Assessment of LQ α and β Parameters, Radiation Dosing Schema, and in vivo Dose Deposition
Published on: March 11, 2021
Measurement of axial dose profile for wide detector CT using radiochromic films
Yihan Fan1, Tian Qin1, Qingting Sun1
1School of Medical Imaging, Bengbu Medical University, 2600 Donghai Road, Bengbu, 233030, Anhui, China.
Abstract:
To investigate the application of radiochromic film LD-V1 for measuring the dose profile of wide detector CT and comparing the measurements with the console-displayed CTDIvol, with the aim of obtaining correction factors. Calibration curves in CTDI phantoms were first obtained with various tube currents at 120 kV. Then, at the selected wide beam collimations (80, 100, 120, 140, 160 mm), the film was placed in the extended phantom holes to obtain the dose profile. CTDI was calculated for different integration intervals, which allowed obtaining the CTDI100 measurement efficiency. Finally, the CTDIvol,300 measured was compared to the console-displayed CTDIvol, and corresponding correction factors were derived. The discrepancy between the CTDI100 obtained by the calibration curve and ionization chamber was essentially in the range of -8-4%. The CTDI100 measurement efficiency was found to decrease with increasing beam widths. Furthermore, under selected wide beam collimations (80, 100, 120, 140, 160 mm), the correction factors in the head phantom were 1.299, 1.284, 1.157, 1.151, 1.099; 1.566, 1.585, 1.512, 1.365, 1.327 in the body phantom, respectively. Radiochromic film LD-V1 is feasible for measuring the dose profile of a wide detector CT scanner. The console-displayed CTDIvol doesn't provide a full assessment of the radiation dose. It is recommended that the correction factors obtained in this study be used to improve the accuracy for evaluating the radiation dose to the subject.
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