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Dosimetry by Using EBT2 Film for Total Skin Electron Beam Therapy (TSET)  

Hwang, Ui-Jung (Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center)
Rah, Jeong-Eun (Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center)
Jeong, Ho-Jin (Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center)
Ahn, Sung-Hwan (Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center)
Kim, Dong-Wook (Department of Radiation Oncology, Kyung Hee University International Medical Service)
Lee, Sang-Yeob (Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center)
Lim, Young-Gyung (Department of Radiation Oncology, Gyeongsang National University Hospital)
Yoon, Myong-Geun (Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center)
Shin, Dong-Ho (Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center)
Lee, Se-Byeong (Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center)
Park, Sung-Young (Proton Therapy Center, National Cancer Center)
Pyo, Hong-Ryull (Department of Radiation Oncology, Samsung Medical Center)
Chung, Weon-Kuu (Department of Radiation Oncology, Kyung Hee University International Medical Service)
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Progress in Medical Physics / v.21, no.1, 2010 , pp. 60-69 More about this Journal
Abstract
For treatment of Total Skin Electron beam Therapy (TSET), measurement of dose at various conditions is need on the contrary to usual radiotherapy. When treating TSET with modified Stanford technique based on linear accelerator, the energy of treatment electron beam, the spatial dose distribution and the actual doses deposited on the surface of the patient were measured by using EBT2. The measured energy of the electron beam was agreed with the value that measured by ionization chamber, and the spatial dose distribution at the patient position and the doses at several point on the patient's skin could be easily measured by EBT2 film. The dose on the patient that was measured by EBT2 film showed good agreement with the data measured simultaneously by TLD. With the results of this study, it was proven that the EBT2 film can be one of the useful dosimeter for TSET.
Keywords
TSET; EBT2 film; TLD; Dosimeter; In-vivo;
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