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    This document provides worksheets and instructions for determining the absorbed dose to water in low-energy kilovoltage x-ray beams using an ionization chamber and following the IAEA Code of Practice TRS-398. It includes sections for specifying the radiation treatment unit parameters, ionization chamber and electrometer details, dosimetry readings and corrections, and calculating the absorbed dose rate to water at the surface of a reference phantom. The worksheets allow for interpolating beam quality correction factors to determine the absorbed dose to water from corrected ionization chamber readings.

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    This document provides worksheets and instructions for determining the absorbed dose to water in low-energy kilovoltage x-ray beams using an ionization chamber and following the IAEA Code of Practice TRS-398. It includes sections for specifying the radiation treatment unit parameters, ionization chamber and electrometer details, dosimetry readings and corrections, and calculating the absorbed dose rate to water at the surface of a reference phantom. The worksheets allow for interpolating beam quality correction factors to determine the absorbed dose to water from corrected ionization chamber readings.

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    This document provides worksheets and instructions for determining the absorbed dose to water in low-energy kilovoltage x-ray beams using an ionization chamber and following the IAEA Code of Practice TRS-398. It includes sections for specifying the radiation treatment unit parameters, ionization chamber and electrometer details, dosimetry readings and corrections, and calculating the absorbed dose rate to water at the surface of a reference phantom. The worksheets allow for interpolating beam quality correction factors to determine the absorbed dose to water from corrected ionization chamber readings.

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    TRS-398 Low X v1.06

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    This document provides worksheets and instructions for determining the absorbed dose to water in low-energy kilovoltage x-ray beams using an ionization chamber and following the IAEA Code of Practice TRS-398. It includes sections for specifying the radiation treatment unit parameters, ionization chamber and electrometer details, dosimetry readings and corrections, and calculating the absorbed dose rate to water at the surface of a reference phantom. The worksheets allow for interpolating beam quality correction factors to determine the absorbed dose to water from corrected ionization chamber readings.

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    Absorbed Dose Determination in External Beam Radiotherapy:

    An International Code of Practice for Dosimetry based on Standards of Absorbed Dose to Water
    IAEA Technical Reports Series (TRS) 398
    Worksheet for low-energy kilovoltage X-ray beams

    This file contains the electronic version of the expressions, data and interpolation routines needed for the
    implementation of the IAEA Code of Practice (CoP) TRS-398.

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    Dosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics Section


    International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
    P.O. Box 100
    A-1400 Vienna
    Austria

    E-mail: [email protected]
    Fax:+43 1 26007 21662
    Worksheet for the determination of the absorbed dose to water
    in a low-energy x-ray beam
    User: Date:

    1. Radiation treatment unit and reference conditions for Dw,Q determination


    X-ray machine
    Nominal tube potential: kV
    Nominal tube current: mA Beam quality, Q (HVL): mmAl
    Reference phantom: Reference depth: phantom surface
    Added foil material: Thickness: mm
    Reference field size: cm x cm Reference SSD: cm

    2. Ionization chamber and electrometer


    Ionization chamber model PTW 23342 Serial No.:
    Chamber wall material: polyethylene thickness: 2.5 g cm-2

    Abs. dose-to-water calibration factor a


    N D , w, Q = ✘ Gy/nC Gy/rdg
    0
    Reference beam quality Q0: mm Al

    Reference conditions for calibration


    P 0: 101.3 kPa T 0: 20.0 °C Rel. humidity: 50 %
    Polarizing potential V: V
    Calibration polarity: ✘ +ve -ve ✘ corrected for polarity effect
    User polarity: ✘ +ve -ve

    Calibration laboratory: Date:


    Electrometer model: Serial no.:
    Calib. separately from chamber: yes ✘ no Range setting:
    If yes Calibration laboratory: Date:

    3. Dosimetry reading a
    and correction for influence quantities
    Uncorrected dosimeter reading at V and user polarity: ✘ nC rdg
    Corresponding time: min
    Ratio of dosimeter reading and time b: M1 = ✘ nC/min rdg/min
    (i) P: 101.3 kPa T: 20.0 °C Rel. humidity: 50 %
    ( 273 . 2+ T ) P0
    k TP = = 1.000
    ( 273 . 2+T 0 ) P
    (ii) Electrometer calibration factor kelec : nC/rdg ✘ dimensionless

    Corrected dosimeter reading at the voltage V1:

    M Q=M k TP k elec = ✘ nC / min rdg / min

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    4. Absorbed dose rate to water at the phantom surface
    ✘ Beam quality correction factor for user quality Q: k Q ,Q =
    0
    at Q0 (HVL) = mm Al
    Calibration laboratory: Date:
    or
    Beam quality correction factor interpolated
    (k Q , Q )1 = at HVL1 = mm Al Date:
    0
    (k Q , Q )2 = at HVL2 = mm Al Date:
    0

    ln HVL−ln HVL1
    k Q ,Q =( k Q , Q )1 + [ (k Q ,Q )2 −(k Q ,Q )1 ]
    0 0 0 0 [ ln HVL 2 −ln HVL 1
    =
    ]
    Dw , Q (surface )=M Q N D , w ,Q0 k Q , Q0 = Gy / min

    Notes:

    a All readings should be checked for leakage and corrected if necessary


    b The time errors should be taken into account. The correction at voltage V 1 can be determined according to
    MA is the integrated reading in a time tA
    MB is the integrated reading n short exposures (2 £ n £ 5) of total time tB
    MA = tA = min
    MB = tB = min n=

    Timer error,
    M B t A−M A t B min (the sign of t must be taken into account)
    τ= =
    nM A −M B
    MA
    M 1= = ✘ nC/min rdg/min
    t A+τ

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