Neutron dose equivalent measured at the maze door with various openings for the jaws and MLC
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Purpose: This study was undertaken to explore the effects of the jaws and the MLC openings on the neutron dose equivalent (DE) at the maze door and neutron flux at the patient plane. Methods: The neutron dose equivalent was measured at the maze entrance door of a 15 MV therapy linear accelerator room. All measurements were performed using various field sizes up to 40 cm x 40 cm. Activation detectors constructed from natural Indium (In) were exposed at Cd envelope to neutrons in order to estimate relative changes of epithermal neutron fluences in the patient plane. Results: Our study showed that the dose equivalent at the maze door is at the highest when the jaw are closed and that maximal jaws opening reduces the DE by more than 20%. The neutron dose equivalent at the maze door measured for radiation fields defined by jaws do not differ significantly from the DE measured when MLC determines the same size radiation field. The epithermal capture reaction rate measured using different jaw... openings differs by approximately 10%. When an MLC leaf is inserted into a fixed geometry for one opening of the jaws, an increase of the epithermal neutron capture reaction rate in Indium activation detectors was observed. Conclusions: There is no significant difference in the neutron DE when MLC defines radiation field instead of jaws. This leads to the conclusion that the overall number of neutrons remains similar and it does not depend on how primary photon beam was stopped-by the jaws or the MLC. An increase of the fast neutron capture reaction rate when MLC leaves are inserted probably originates from the neutron scattering. (C) 2012 American Association of Physicists in Medicine. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3682313]
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photoneutrons / MLC / accelerator maze / effective doseIzvor:
Medical Physics, 2012, 39, 3, 1278-1281Finansiranje / projekti:
- Istraživanje klimatskih promena i njihovog uticaja na životnu sredinu - praćenje uticaja, adaptacija i ublažavanje (RS-MESTD-Integrated and Interdisciplinary Research (IIR or III)-43007)
DOI: 10.1118/1.3682313
ISSN: 0094-2405
PubMed: 22380359
WoS: 000301503400013
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84857873743
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VinčaTY - JOUR AU - Krmar, Miodrag AU - Baucal, M. AU - Bozic, N. AU - Jovancevic, N. AU - Ciraj-Bjelac, Olivera PY - 2012 UR - https://vinar.vin.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4742 AB - Purpose: This study was undertaken to explore the effects of the jaws and the MLC openings on the neutron dose equivalent (DE) at the maze door and neutron flux at the patient plane. Methods: The neutron dose equivalent was measured at the maze entrance door of a 15 MV therapy linear accelerator room. All measurements were performed using various field sizes up to 40 cm x 40 cm. Activation detectors constructed from natural Indium (In) were exposed at Cd envelope to neutrons in order to estimate relative changes of epithermal neutron fluences in the patient plane. Results: Our study showed that the dose equivalent at the maze door is at the highest when the jaw are closed and that maximal jaws opening reduces the DE by more than 20%. The neutron dose equivalent at the maze door measured for radiation fields defined by jaws do not differ significantly from the DE measured when MLC determines the same size radiation field. The epithermal capture reaction rate measured using different jaw openings differs by approximately 10%. When an MLC leaf is inserted into a fixed geometry for one opening of the jaws, an increase of the epithermal neutron capture reaction rate in Indium activation detectors was observed. Conclusions: There is no significant difference in the neutron DE when MLC defines radiation field instead of jaws. This leads to the conclusion that the overall number of neutrons remains similar and it does not depend on how primary photon beam was stopped-by the jaws or the MLC. An increase of the fast neutron capture reaction rate when MLC leaves are inserted probably originates from the neutron scattering. (C) 2012 American Association of Physicists in Medicine. [DOI: 10.1118/1.3682313] T2 - Medical Physics T1 - Neutron dose equivalent measured at the maze door with various openings for the jaws and MLC VL - 39 IS - 3 SP - 1278 EP - 1281 DO - 10.1118/1.3682313 ER -
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Krmar, M., Baucal, M., Bozic, N., Jovancevic, N.,& Ciraj-Bjelac, O.. (2012). Neutron dose equivalent measured at the maze door with various openings for the jaws and MLC. in Medical Physics, 39(3), 1278-1281. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3682313
Krmar M, Baucal M, Bozic N, Jovancevic N, Ciraj-Bjelac O. Neutron dose equivalent measured at the maze door with various openings for the jaws and MLC. in Medical Physics. 2012;39(3):1278-1281. doi:10.1118/1.3682313 .
Krmar, Miodrag, Baucal, M., Bozic, N., Jovancevic, N., Ciraj-Bjelac, Olivera, "Neutron dose equivalent measured at the maze door with various openings for the jaws and MLC" in Medical Physics, 39, no. 3 (2012):1278-1281, https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3682313 . .