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Published on: May 9, 2014
Measurement of photon dose fraction in a neutron radiotherapy beam
Abstract:
Photon dose fractions (PDFs) have been measured in and around a neutron radiotherapy beam with a tissue-equivalent proportional counter (TEPC) and with paired ion chambers. The PDFs were found to increase linearly with increasing field size and width depth in phantom. PDFs were shown to decrease with decreasing phantom size and to be larger in the shielded region of the phantom than in the direct beam. Uncertainties in the PDF values were estimated to be 10%-15% for the TEPC measurements but about 50% for the measurement made with ion chambers.
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