Dosimetric Characteristics on Penumbra Regions of the multileaf Collimator as Compared with the Lead Alloy Block / 대한치료방사선과학회지
Journal of the Korean Society for Therapeutic Radiology
; : 391-396, 1995.
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PURPOSE: The Conformal Radiation Therapy has been widely used under favour of development of computer technologies. The delivery of a large number of static radiation fields are being necessary for the conformal irradiation. In this paper, we investigate dosimetric characteristics on penumbra regions of a multileaf collimator(MLC), and compare to those of lead alloy block for he optimal use of the system in 3-D conformal radiotherapy. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The measurement of penumbra by MLC or lead alloy block was performed with 6 or 10 MV X-rays. The film was positioned at a dmax depth and 10 cm depth, and its optical density was determined using a scanning videodensitometer. The effective penumbra, the distance from 80% to 20% isodose lines and 90 to 10 were analyzed as a function of the angle between the direction of leaf motion and the edge defined by leaves. RESULTS: Increasing MLC angle (0-75degree) was observed with increasing the penumbra widths and the scalloping effect. There was no definite differences of penumbra width from 80% to 20% isodose lines, while being the small increase of penumbra width of lead alloy block are agree reasonably with those of MLC within 4.8mm. CONCLUSION: The comparative qualitative study of the penumbra between MLC and lead alloy block demonstrate the clinical acceptability and suitability of the multileaf collimator for 3-D conformal radiotherapy.
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Main subject:
Radiotherapy, Conformal
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Alloys
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Pectinidae
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Film Dosimetry
Type of study:
Qualitative_research
Language:
Ko
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Society for Therapeutic Radiology
Year:
1995
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Article