The Measurement of Gamma Dose in Radiotherapy Unit

• Authors: İ. Akkurt , Ü. Kara , M. Yildiz , V. Kaya
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Cancer is one of the most deadly diseases posing threat for our health. The most important method for eradicating of cancer cells is photoradiotherapy. Electrons accelerated by the accelerator are converted to photons in the process of bremsstrahlung. These photons are focused on diseased cells. Photon leaving accelerator head should assure a given dose intensity in cancer cells. Measuring of beam parameters at apparatus output is essential to determine the dose. In this study, Suleyman Demirel University research and education hospital in radiation Oncology department which has located at 18 MeV accelerator in energy gamma dose was measured.

Keywords

EN

87.56.-v; 87.55.Qr

Discipline

• 87.56.-v: Radiation therapy equipment
• 87.55.Qr: Quality assurance in radiotherapy

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 128
• Issue: 2B
• Pages: B-367-B-369

Dates

published

2015-8

Contributors

author

İ. Akkurt

• Suleyman Demirel University, Physics Department, Isparta, Turkey

author

Ü. Kara

• Suleyman Demirel University, Vocational School of Healt Services, Isparta, Turkey

author

M. Yildiz

• Suleyman Demirel University Medical Faculty Isparta, Turkey

author

V. Kaya

• Suleyman Demirel University Medical Faculty Isparta, Turkey

References

• [1] The 2007 Recommendations of the International Commission on Radiological Protection, Ann. ICRP 37, 1 (2007). http://icrp.org/publication.asp?id=ICRP%20Publication%20103, doi: 10.1016/j.icrp.2008.07.001
• [2] European Guidance on Estimating Population Doses from Medical Ray Procedures, Radiation Protection 154, European Commission, Luxembourg 2008. http://itn.pt/projs/ddm2-portugal/rp154.pdf
• [3] Dosimetry in Diagnostic Radiology: An international code of practice, IAEA Technical Report 457, IAEA, Vienna 2007. http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/TRS457_web.pdf

Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.128.B-367