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Transmission measurements in air using the ESTRO mini-phantom

Johnsson, Stefan LU ; Ceberg, Crister LU orcid ; Knöös, Tommy LU orcid and Nilsson, Per LU orcid (1999) In Physics in Medicine and Biology 44(10). p.2445-2450
Abstract
The aim of this work is to study the possibility of using the ESTRO mini-phantom for transmission measurements of primary kerma in water at a point free in air. We discuss in-air measurements in general, with special attention given to in-air equivalent measurements using a water equivalent mini-phantom. The study includes four different photon energies (4, 6, 10 and 18 MV), where scoring of dose and primary kerma inside a mini-phantom in narrow beam geometry is performed with the Monte Carlo code EGS4. The results reveal that relative measurements (i.e. with and without a water absorber present) at 10 cm depth in a mini-phantom do not represent the variation of primary kerma in water at a point free in air (deviations as large as 7% at 4... (More)
The aim of this work is to study the possibility of using the ESTRO mini-phantom for transmission measurements of primary kerma in water at a point free in air. We discuss in-air measurements in general, with special attention given to in-air equivalent measurements using a water equivalent mini-phantom. The study includes four different photon energies (4, 6, 10 and 18 MV), where scoring of dose and primary kerma inside a mini-phantom in narrow beam geometry is performed with the Monte Carlo code EGS4. The results reveal that relative measurements (i.e. with and without a water absorber present) at 10 cm depth in a mini-phantom do not represent the variation of primary kerma in water at a point free in air (deviations as large as 7% at 4 MV are observed). Minimum deviations are obtained at depths somewhat larger than the depth of dose maximum. The observed deviations are due to a considerable beam hardening in the water absorber, which changes the amount of attenuation and scatter inside the mini-phantom. (Less)
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  author       = {{Johnsson, Stefan and Ceberg, Crister and Knöös, Tommy and Nilsson, Per}},
  issn         = {{1361-6560}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  pages        = {{2445--2450}},
  publisher    = {{IOP Publishing}},
  series       = {{Physics in Medicine and Biology}},
  title        = {{Transmission measurements in air using the ESTRO mini-phantom}},
  url          = {{http://www.iop.org/EJ/article/0031-9155/44/10/306/m91006.pdf}},
  volume       = {{44}},
  year         = {{1999}},
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