Isodose Curves for Superficial Therapy

Trout, E. Dale; Kelley, John P.; Lucas, A.C.; Furno, E. J.

doi:10.1148/65.5.703

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“…Mammography, radiation dose (3,4) were so large that they disturbed the photon flux incident on the phantom. The thermoluminescent dosimeter (TLD) chips employed in recent studies (5,6) are perhaps small enough to avoid this size effect; however, the use of these chips may still not result in accurate measurements because their response varies rapidly in the low energy mange and is different from that of tissue.…”

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Evaluation of absorbed dose in mammography: monte carlo simulation studies.

Doi¹,

Chan²

1980

Radiology

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Computer programs for calculation of the backscatter factor and absorbed dose in breast phantoms are developed based on Monte Carlo simulation. Rad/roentgen conversion factors are calculated for water, fat, a mixture of 50% water and 50% fat, and lucite irradiated with monoenergetic and polyenergetic x rays from a tungsten or molybdenum anode x-ray tube. These factors can be used to estimate skin dose, average depth dose, or average integral dose in a breast when the beam quality, exposure in air at the skin position, and composition of the breast are known. Calculated backscatter factors are considerably greater than measured values reported previously.

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