Preliminary Investigations of the Dosimetric Properties of a Normoxic Polymethacrylic Acid Gel Dosimeter Using a Respiration-Motion Simulator

Dose distribution throughout the clinical organ range of motion was analyzed using a respiratory-motion simulator that was equipped with a polymer gel dosimeter and EBT2 film. The normoxic polymer gel dosimeter was synthesized from gelatin, MAA, HQ, THPC and HPLC. The gel dosimeter and EBT2 film were irradiated with Co-60 gamma rays that were moved along the x-axis and y-axis in ${\pm}1.5cm$ steps at five-second intervals. The field size was $5{\times}5cm^2$. The SSD was 80 cm and set to 10 Gy at a depth of 2 cm. The PDD at a depth of 50 mm was 75.2% in the ion chamber, 82.3% in the static state and 86.1% in the dynamic state in the gel dosimeter. The penumbra for the dynamic state target, which was measured using the gel dosimeter, averaged 10.89 mm, this is a 40.5% increase over the penumbra of the static state target of 7.74 mm. In addition, when measuring with gel dosimetry, the value for the penumbra is 36.6% smaller in the static state and 29.4% smaller in the dynamic state compared to measuring with film. The aim of this study was to investigate the dosimetric properties of a normoxic polymethacrylic acid gel dosimeter in static and dynamic states and to evaluate the potentiality as a relative dosimeter for dynamic therapeutic radiation.

호흡모의움직임장치를 이용한 정상산소 폴리메타크릴산 겔 선량계의 선량특성

움직이는 종양의 선량분포는 중합체 겔과 EBT2을 이용하여 필름호흡운동 모의치료기로 분석하였다. 중합체 겔 선량계는 젤라틴, MAA, HQ, THPC, HPLC를 이용하여 합성되었다. 겔 선량계와 EBT2 필름은 5초 간격으로 x축과 y축으로 ${\pm}1.5cm$씩 움직이면서 Co-60 감마선을 이용하여 조사하였다. 조사면의 크기 $5{\times}5cm^2$, SSD 80 cm, 2 cm 깊이에 10 Gy를 조사하였다. 50 mm 깊이에서의 심부선량백분율(PDD)은 이온전리함에서 75.2%였고, 겔 선량계로 측정한 결과 정적상태(static state)에서 82.3%, 동적상태(dynamic state)에서 86.1%였다. 겔 선량계를 이용하여 측정한 동적상태의 반음영(penumbra)은 평균 10.89 mm로 정적상태 반음영의 크기인 7.74 mm 보다 40.5%가 증가하였다. 추가적으로 필름을 이용하여 측정된 반음영의 크기와 비교했을 때 정적상태에서 36.6%, 동적상태에서 29.4%가 작았다.