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Build-up cap materials for measurement of photon head-scatter factors

Weber, Lars LU ; Nilsson, Per LU orcid and Ahnesjö, Anders (1997) In Physics in Medicine and Biology 42(10). p.1875-1886
Abstract
The suitability of high-Z materials as build-up caps for head-scatter measurements has been investigated. Build-up caps are often used to enable characterization of fields too small for a mini-phantom. We have studied lead and brass build-up caps with sufficiently large wall thicknesses, as compared to the range of contaminating electrons originating in the accelerator head, and compared them with build-up caps made of ionization chamber equivalent materials, i.e. graphite. The results were also compared with measurements taken using square and cylindrical polystyrene mini-phantoms. Field sizes ranging from 3 cm x 3 cm up to 40 cm x 40 cm were studied for nominal photon energies of 4, 6, 10 and 18 MV. The results show that the use of lead... (More)
The suitability of high-Z materials as build-up caps for head-scatter measurements has been investigated. Build-up caps are often used to enable characterization of fields too small for a mini-phantom. We have studied lead and brass build-up caps with sufficiently large wall thicknesses, as compared to the range of contaminating electrons originating in the accelerator head, and compared them with build-up caps made of ionization chamber equivalent materials, i.e. graphite. The results were also compared with measurements taken using square and cylindrical polystyrene mini-phantoms. Field sizes ranging from 3 cm x 3 cm up to 40 cm x 40 cm were studied for nominal photon energies of 4, 6, 10 and 18 MV. The results show that the use of lead and brass build-up caps produces normalized head-scatter data slightly different from graphite build-up caps for large fields at high photon energies. At lower energies, however, no significant differences were found. The intercomparison between the two different plastic mini-phantoms and graphite caps showed no differences. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{The suitability of high-Z materials as build-up caps for head-scatter measurements has been investigated. Build-up caps are often used to enable characterization of fields too small for a mini-phantom. We have studied lead and brass build-up caps with sufficiently large wall thicknesses, as compared to the range of contaminating electrons originating in the accelerator head, and compared them with build-up caps made of ionization chamber equivalent materials, i.e. graphite. The results were also compared with measurements taken using square and cylindrical polystyrene mini-phantoms. Field sizes ranging from 3 cm x 3 cm up to 40 cm x 40 cm were studied for nominal photon energies of 4, 6, 10 and 18 MV. The results show that the use of lead and brass build-up caps produces normalized head-scatter data slightly different from graphite build-up caps for large fields at high photon energies. At lower energies, however, no significant differences were found. The intercomparison between the two different plastic mini-phantoms and graphite caps showed no differences.}},
  author       = {{Weber, Lars and Nilsson, Per and Ahnesjö, Anders}},
  issn         = {{1361-6560}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{10}},
  pages        = {{1875--1886}},
  publisher    = {{IOP Publishing}},
  series       = {{Physics in Medicine and Biology}},
  title        = {{Build-up cap materials for measurement of photon head-scatter factors}},
  volume       = {{42}},
  year         = {{1997}},
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