Extracranial doses in stereotactic and conventional radiotherapy for pituitary adenomas

Ram, Thomas Samuel; Ravindran, P; Viswanathan, Faith R.; Viswanathan, P. N.; Pavamani, Simon

doi:10.1120/jacmp.v7i2.2203

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“…In vivo dosimetry is routinely performed to estimate the radiation dose to validate the dose delivery to the patient organs such as the eye, [ 1 2 ] nasopharynx, [ 3 ] oropharynx, [ 3 ] breast, [ 4 5 ] and prostate. [ 4 6 7 ] Most of the in vivo dose measurements are either performed to measure the entrance and exit doses or the organs doses by intracavitary measurements.…”

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Characteristics of mobile MOSFET dosimetry system for megavoltage photon beams

Kumar¹,

Sharma²,

Ravindran³

2014

J Med Phys

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The characteristics of a mobile metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (mobile MOSFET) detector for standard bias were investigated for megavoltage photon beams. This study was performed with a brass alloy build-up cap for three energies namely Co-60, 6 and 15 MV photon beams. The MOSFETs were calibrated and the performance characteristics were analyzed with respect to dose rate dependence, energy dependence, field size dependence, linearity, build-up factor, and angular dependence for all the three energies. A linear dose-response curve was noted for Co-60, 6 MV, and 15 MV photons. The calibration factors were found to be 1.03, 1, and 0.79 cGy/mV for Co-60, 6 MV, and 15 MV photon energies, respectively. The calibration graph has been obtained to the dose up to 600 cGy, and the dose-response curve was found to be linear. The MOSFETs were found to be energy independent both for measurements performed at depth as well as on the surface with build-up. However, field size dependence was also analyzed for variable field sizes and found to be field size independent. Angular dependence was analyzed by keeping the MOSFET dosimeter in parallel and perpendicular orientation to the angle of incidence of the radiation with and without build-up on the surface of the phantom. The maximum variation for the three energies was found to be within ± 2% for the gantry angles 90° and 270°, the deviations without the build-up for the same gantry angles were found to be 6%, 25%, and 60%, respectively. The MOSFET response was found to be independent of dose rate for all three energies. The dosimetric characteristics of the MOSFET detector make it a suitable in vivo dosimeter for megavoltage photon beams.

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