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http://dx.doi.org/10.14316/pmp.2014.25.1.15

The Output Factor of Small Field in Multileaf Collimator of 6 MV Photon Beams  

Lee, Ho Joon (Department of Radiation Oncology, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center)
Choi, Tae-Jin (Department of Radiation Oncology, Daegu Catholic University Medical Center)
Oh, Young Kee (Department of Radiation Oncology, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center)
Jeun, Kyung Soo (Department of Radiation Oncology, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center)
Lee, Yong Hee (Department of Radiation Oncology, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center)
Kim, Jin Hee (Department of Radiation Oncology, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center)
Kim, Ok Bae (Department of Radiation Oncology, Keimyung University Dongsan Medical Center)
Oh, Se An (Department of Radiation Oncology, Youngnam University Medical Center)
Kim, Sung Kyu (Department of Radiation Oncology, Youngnam University Medical Center)
Ye, Ji Woon (Department of Radiation Oncology, Youngnam University Medical Center)
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Progress in Medical Physics / v.25, no.1, 2014 , pp. 15-22 More about this Journal
Abstract
The IMRT is proper implement to get high dose deliver to tumor as its shape and selective approach in radiation therapy. Since the IMRT is performed as modulated the radiation fluence by the MLC created the open shapes and its irradiation time, the dose of segment of radiation field effects on the cumulated portal dose. The accurate output factor of small and step shape of segment is important to improve the determination of deliver tumor dose as it is directly proportional to dose. This experiment performed with the 6 MV photon beam of Clinac Ex(Varian) from $3{\times}3cm^2$ to $0.5{\times}0.5cm^2$ small field size for collimator jaw in MLC free and/or for MLC open field in fixed collimator jaw $10{\times}10cm^2$ using the CC01 ion chamber, SFD diode, diamond detector and X-Omat film dosimetry. As results of normalized to the reference field of $10{\times}10cm^2$ of MLC, the output factor of $3{\times}3cm^2$ showed $0.899{\pm}0.0106$, $0.855{\pm}0.0106$ for $2{\times}2cm^2$, $0.764{\pm}0.0082$ for $1{\times}1cm^2$ and $0.602{\pm}0.0399$ for $0.5{\times}0.5cm^2$. The output factor of MLC open field has shown a maximum 3.8% higher than that of the collimator jaw open field.
Keywords
Small field; Output factor; Film dosimetry;
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