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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2016.10.8.565

The Evaluation and Fabrication of Photoconductor Sensor for Quality Assurance of Radiation Therapy Devices  

Kang, Sang Sik (Department of Radiological Science, International University of Korea)
Noh, Sung Jin (Research Center, Dongnam Inst. of Radiological & Medical Sciences)
Jung, Bong Jae (Department of Radiological Science, International University of Korea)
Noh, Ci Chul (Department of Radiological Science, International University of Korea)
Park, Ji Koon (Department of Radiological Science, International University of Korea)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.10, no.8, 2016 , pp. 565-569 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, a use of linear accelerator with a multi-leaf collimator(MLC) for radiation therapy is increasing. The importance of quality assurance (QA) for the linear accelerator is emphasized as the side effects of the inaccurate delivery of the radiation beam has been increased according to the high dose irradiation technique. In this study, The $HgI_2$ and $PbI_2$ photoconductor layer samples of $400{\mu}m$ thickness were fabricated using sedimentation method among particle-in-binder technology. From the fabricated samples, the electrical properties(dark current, output current, response properties and linearity) were investigated. From the experimental results, $HgI_2$ has good charge signal generation and linearity. Finally, from the signal response results about various thickness of $HgI_2$ sensor, the signal creation efficiency of $400{\mu}m$ thickness of $HgI_2$ sensor has the highest value and the excellent reproducibility below ${\pm}2.5%$.
Keywords
mercuric iodide; lead iodide; radiation therapy; quality assurance;
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