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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2016.10.2.125

Evaluation of Photoneutron During Radiation Therapy when Using Flattening Filter and Tracking Jaw with High Energy X-ray  

Park, Euntae (Department of Radiation Oncology, Busan Paik Hospital, Inje University)
Jin, Seongjin (Department of Radiation Oncology, Haeundae Paik Hospital, Inje University)
Park, Cheolwoo (Department of Radiological Technology, Dong-Eui Institute of Technology)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.10, no.2, 2016 , pp. 125-131 More about this Journal
Abstract
Radiation therapy is usually using linear accelerator and used X-ray energy is also getting higher. Recently linear accelerators has been developed 3F mode and tracking jaw technology and that was applied for patient therapy. This study aims at measuring photoneutrons depending on the use of 3F and tracking jaw system when radiation is irradiated using a linear accelerator. The generation of photoneutrons of 3F system was 70% smaller than 2F system and that of tracking jaw system was 83% higher than static jaw system. Photoneutron value is relatively low. However, it must be minimized for Photoneutron exposure during radiation therapy.
Keywords
Linear accelerator; Flattening filter free; Tracking jaw; Photoneutron;
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