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http://dx.doi.org/10.14316/pmp.2015.26.3.178

Determination of Beam Quality Correction Factors for the PTW-Markus Chamber for Electron Beam Qualities R50=1.0 and 1.4 g/cm2  

Kim, Me Young (Medical Radiation Physics Laboratory, Dongnam Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences)
Rhee, Dong Joo (Medical Radiation Physics Laboratory, Dongnam Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences)
Moon, Young Min (Department of Radiation Oncology, Dongnam Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences)
Jeong, Dong Hyeok (Medical Radiation Physics Laboratory, Dongnam Institute of Radiological & Medical Sciences)
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Progress in Medical Physics / v.26, no.3, 2015 , pp. 178-184 More about this Journal
Abstract
The Markus ionization chamber(R) is a small plane parallel ionization chamber widely used in clinical electron beam dosimetry. Plane parallel chambers were recommended for low energy electron dosimetry with the beam quality at $R_{50}<4.0g/cm^2$ (${\bar{E}}{\approx}10MeV$) according to TRS-398 protocol. However, the quality correction factors ($k_{Q,Q_0}$) of the Markus chamber was not presented in TRS-398 protocol for electron beam quality at $R_{50}<2.0g/cm^2$ (${\bar{E}}{\approx}4MeV$). In this study, the $k_{Q,Q_0}$ factors of the Markus chambers (PTW-34045) for beam qualities at $R_{50}=1.0$, 1.4, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0, and $5.0g/cm^2$ were determined by Monte Carlo calculations (DOSRZnrc/EGSnrc) and the dosimetric formalism of quality correction factor. The derived $k_{Q,Q_0}$ values were evaluated using the produced data based on TRS-398 and TG-51 protocols and known values for the Markus chamber.
Keywords
Markus chamber; Quality correction factor; Electron dosimetry;
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