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KMID : 0364920110360030168
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Journal of Radiation Protection and Research
2011 Volume.36 No. 3 p.168 ~ p.173
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Characteristics of Dose Distribution at Junctional Area Using the Divergency Cutout Block in the Abutted Field of Photon and Electron Beams
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Im In-Chul
Lee Jae-Seung
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Abstract
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This study investigated characteristics of dose distribution at junction field of X-ray and electron beams according to the method for fabricating the insert block on the electron cone. Insert block were fabricated to the divergency cutout block and the straight cutout block. For the 6 MV X-ray and 10 MeV nominal energy of electron beam, we was adjacent to the light field of X-ray and electron beam at a surface of matrix chamber and measured to beam profile of abutted field in the 0, 1, 2, 3 cm measurement depth. As a result, characteristics of dose distribution at junction field, straight block was existent that over dose area exceed the give dose more than 5% and under dose area with a rapid change in dose distribution. However, divergency block had remarkably decreased the over dose area caused by the lateral scattering effects of decrease, and being existed uniformity dose distribution in the junction field. Therefore, divergency block were the benefits of radiation dose delivery, in order to applied the clinical, measurement of electron beams according to the fabrication method of the block should be considered carefully.
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KEYWORD
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Junction field, Dose distribution, Beam profile, Treatment planning system (TPS)
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