Introduction: In electron beam treatment, because of the non-point electron beam source, inverse-square law cannot be applied for dosimetry in different treatment intervals. Therefore, providing source-surface distance (SSD) charts in all clinics is of paramount importance. This study aimed to determine the effective SSD for various electron beam energies and field sizes and to...

The objective of this work is to quantify the systematic errors introduced by the common assumption of invariant secondary electron spectra with changing field sizes, as relevant to stereotactic radiotherapy and other treatment modes incorporating small beam segments delivered with a linac-based stereotactic unit. The EGSnrc/BEAMnrc Monte Carlo radiation transport code was used to construct a d...

Stopping power ratios sw,air for electron beams produced by the NOVAC7® IORT accelerator were calculated at different depths in water by the SPRRZnrc Monte Carlo code. As input for the SPRRZnrc code a phase-space data file obtained for any beam by the BEAMnrc code was used. The calculated stopping power ratios were compared with those recommended by the IAEA dosimetry protocols TRS-381 and TRS-...

The work presents application of previously proposed approach for transverse profile forming high energy electron beams with plastic samples made using 3D printing technology. collimator PLA (polylactide) is designed and produced in a frame this work. results 6 MeV beam clinical linear accelerator Elekta Synergy presented. Obtained comparison data from XiO dosimetry planning system shows good a...

Background: In order to deliver the precise dose to the target in radiotherapy, absorbed dose to water at the reference point should be assessed. When the calibration procedure is performed for a reference dosimeter in the 60Co beam of a Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory (SSDL), the total uncertainty in absorbed dose to water (Dw) is estimated to be approximately 1.5%. This study attempts...

INTRODUCTION The increasing use of radiation sources of high activity for industrial and medical applications and in the generation of electric energy and the consequent increase in the probability of to occur accidents, becomes important the research and the development of detectors and dosimetry methods for quality control of the applied doses. The radiation dosimetry is important for all rad...