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Eksternal Radyoterapide Işın Denetimi İçin Yeni Bir TLD Tutucu

Year 2013, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 92 - 99, 10.06.2013

Abstract

Bu çalışma da radyoterapi doz kontrolü amacıyla yapılan TLD ışınlamalarında kullanılmak üzere özel bir TLD tutucu dizayn edilmiş ve elde edilen sonuçlar IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) tarafından tavsiye edilen yöntem olan plastik kova içerisine yerleştirilmiş IAEA TLD tutucu sonuçları ile karşılaştırılmıştır. Çalışmada toz TLD-100 kullanılmış ve TLD tozu ile doldurulmuş kapsüller önerdiğimiz yeni TLD tutucu ile RW3 tipi katı fantomda Co-60 ışınları ile ışınlanmıştır. TLD absorbe doz ölçümleri Harshaw 4500 model TLD okuyucu sistemi ile okunmuş ve sonuçlar 0.6 cc iyonizasyon odası ile doğrulanmıştır. Farklı ışınlama şartlarında verilen 2 Gy radyasyon dozuna en yakın değerlerin yeni TLD tutucu (2.022+ 0.017cGy) ile elde edildiği görülmüştür. Standard IAEA su fantomu, plastik kova set-up' ları için ortalama ve standart sapma değerleri sırası ile 2.014+0.024 cGy, 1.948+0.062cGy, olarak tespit edilmiştir. Hastane şartlarında plastik kova set-up'ı için maksimum ortalama mutlak fark (%3.5) ve maksimum % hata (% 3.16) iken, yeni TLD tutucu set-up'ın da bu değerler sırası ile %1.32 ve % 0.86 dır. Bizim düşüncemize göre, değerlerimiz arasındaki bu uyum yeni TLD tutucu sayesinde tekrar edilebilen TLD pozisyonlarıdır. Bu çalışma standart olmayan ışınlama koşulları olması durumunda SSDL (Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory) ve hastane doz sonuçları arasında önemli farklar olabileceğini göstermiştir.

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  • Bayram Demir e-posta: bayramdemir69@yahoo.com
  • Erol Kam e-posta: kam@nukleer.gov.tr
  • Gürsel Karahan e-posta: karahang@cnaem.nukleer.gov.tr
  • Murat Okutan e-posta: mokutan@istanbul.edu.tr

A New TLD Holder for External Radiotherapy Beam Audit

Year 2013, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 92 - 99, 10.06.2013

Abstract

In present study, a special TLD holder inserted to a solid water phantom for TLD irradiation was designed and results were compared with the TLD results irradiated in a plastic bucked using
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), standard TLD holder as recommended by IAEA. Powder TLD-100 was used in the study and the capsules filling powder TLD were irradiated using Co-60 beams in RW3 type solid phantom with new holder. The absorbed dose measurements for TLD were performed by Harshaw 4500 model TLD reader and the results were confirmed using a 0.6 cc ionization chamber in RW3 plastic phantom. For different irradiation setup, the closest dose values to the prescribed dose of 2 Gy were only obtained with using the new TLD holder (2.022+ 0.017cGy) with lowest error value. The average and standard deviation for standard IAEA water phantom and plastic bucked set-up were 2.014+0.024 cGy and 1.948+0.062cGy respectively. While the maximum average absolute difference (%3.5) and the maximum % error (%3.16) were found in the hospital condition with bucket filled with water, the minimum average absolute difference and the minimum % error were %1.32 and %0.86 respectively, with our new TLD holder in the solid water phantom . In our opinion, the reason of this good consistency is the reproducibility of TLD position that created by means of our TLD holder. This study shows that non-standard conditions may cause important differences between SSDL (Secondary Standard Dosimetry Laboratory) and hospital dose results.

References

  • Hansson, U., Johansson, K.A., 1991. Quality audit of radiotherapy with EORTC mailed in water TL- dosimetry, Radiation and Oncology, 20: 191-196.
  • Izewska, J., Andreo, P., 2000. The IAEA/WHO TLD postal programme for radiotherapy hospitals. Radiation and Oncology. 54: 65-72.
  • Izewska, J., Andreo, P., Vatnitsky, S., Short, K.R., 2003. The IAEA/WHO TLD postal dose quality audits for radiotherapy: A perspective of dosimetry practices at hospitals in developing countries, Radiation and Oncology, 69: 91-97.
  • IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) Technical Report, 2000. Absorbed dose determination in external beam radiotherapy. An International Code of Practice for Dosimetry based on standards of absorbed dose to water, Tech, Rep. Series No. 398, IAEA, Vienna. 1.
  • Izewska, J., Novotny, J., Van Dam J, Dutreix, A., van der Scheren, E., 1996. The influence of the IAEA standard holder on dose evaluated from TLD samples. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 41: 465-473.
  • Rostkowska, J., Kania, M., Gwiazdowska, B., Bulski, W., Ulkowski, P., 2001. Dosimetry quality audit for Co-60 Units in teletherapy centres in Poland, Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering, 7: 279-289.
  • Swinnen, A., Verstraete, J., Huyskens, D.P., 2002. The use of multipurpose phantom for mailed dosimetry checks of therapeutic photon beams: OPERA (operational phantom for external radiotherapy audit), Radiation and Oncology, 64: 317-326.
  • Bayram Demir e-posta: bayramdemir69@yahoo.com
  • Erol Kam e-posta: kam@nukleer.gov.tr
  • Gürsel Karahan e-posta: karahang@cnaem.nukleer.gov.tr
  • Murat Okutan e-posta: mokutan@istanbul.edu.tr
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Primary Language English
Subjects Metrology, Applied and Industrial Physics
Journal Section Makaleler
Authors

Doğan Yaşar

Bayram Demir

Erol Kam This is me

Gürsel Karahan This is me

Murat Okutan

Publication Date June 10, 2013
Published in Issue Year 2013 Volume: 8 Issue: 1

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IEEE D. Yaşar, B. Demir, E. Kam, G. Karahan, and M. Okutan, “A New TLD Holder for External Radiotherapy Beam Audit”, Süleyman Demirel University Faculty of Arts and Science Journal of Science, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 92–99, 2013.