Measurement of Radiation Dose Emitted by 4 x 4 cm2 and 10 x 10 cm2 Aperture of Linear Accelerator

Elif Sarıkaya; Melek Gökbulut; Gulhan Guler; Halis Bozkurt; İbrahim Yiğitoğlu; Arzu Coşkun

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Measurement of Radiation Dose Emitted by 4 x 4 cm2 and 10 x 10 cm2 Aperture of Linear Accelerator

Abstract

The amount of the beam emitted from linear accelerators can be adjusted by changing the jaw intervals of multi leaf collimator (MLC) system. The area to which the beam will be delivered is determined. In this study, the jaw intervals of linear accelerator in the Oncology unit of the Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa University Faculty of Medicine have been determined as 4 x 4 cm2 and 10 x 10 cm2 and the radiation dose emitted for both conditions has measured. The results have compared with other studies in the literature.

Keywords

Linear accelerators,Jaw intervals

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Applied Mathematics

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Elif Sarıkaya This is me
0000-0001-7809-4033
Türkiye

Melek Gökbulut ^*
0000-0002-2737-805X
Türkiye

Gulhan Guler This is me
0000-0001-6802-2984
Türkiye

Halis Bozkurt This is me
Türkiye

İbrahim Yiğitoğlu
0000-0001-9029-0897
Türkiye

Arzu Coşkun This is me
0000-0003-4771-1558
Türkiye

Publication Date

September 30, 2020

Submission Date

June 26, 2020

Acceptance Date

September 6, 2020

Published in Issue

Year 2020 Number: 32

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA63MS37LK

APA

Sarıkaya, E., Gökbulut, M., Guler, G., Bozkurt, H., Yiğitoğlu, İ., & Coşkun, A. (2020). Measurement of Radiation Dose Emitted by 4 x 4 cm2 and 10 x 10 cm2 Aperture of Linear Accelerator. Journal of New Theory, 32, 15-20. https://izlik.org/JA63MS37LK

AMA

1.Sarıkaya E, Gökbulut M, Guler G, Bozkurt H, Yiğitoğlu İ, Coşkun A. Measurement of Radiation Dose Emitted by 4 x 4 cm2 and 10 x 10 cm2 Aperture of Linear Accelerator. JNT. 2020;(32):15-20. https://izlik.org/JA63MS37LK

Chicago

Sarıkaya, Elif, Melek Gökbulut, Gulhan Guler, Halis Bozkurt, İbrahim Yiğitoğlu, and Arzu Coşkun. 2020. “Measurement of Radiation Dose Emitted by 4 X 4 Cm2 and 10 X 10 Cm2 Aperture of Linear Accelerator”. Journal of New Theory, nos. 32: 15-20. https://izlik.org/JA63MS37LK.

EndNote

Sarıkaya E, Gökbulut M, Guler G, Bozkurt H, Yiğitoğlu İ, Coşkun A (September 1, 2020) Measurement of Radiation Dose Emitted by 4 x 4 cm2 and 10 x 10 cm2 Aperture of Linear Accelerator. Journal of New Theory 32 15–20.

IEEE

[1]E. Sarıkaya, M. Gökbulut, G. Guler, H. Bozkurt, İ. Yiğitoğlu, and A. Coşkun, “Measurement of Radiation Dose Emitted by 4 x 4 cm2 and 10 x 10 cm2 Aperture of Linear Accelerator”, JNT, no. 32, pp. 15–20, Sept. 2020, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA63MS37LK

ISNAD

Sarıkaya, Elif - Gökbulut, Melek - Guler, Gulhan - Bozkurt, Halis - Yiğitoğlu, İbrahim - Coşkun, Arzu. “Measurement of Radiation Dose Emitted by 4 X 4 Cm2 and 10 X 10 Cm2 Aperture of Linear Accelerator”. Journal of New Theory. 32 (September 1, 2020): 15-20. https://izlik.org/JA63MS37LK.

JAMA

1.Sarıkaya E, Gökbulut M, Guler G, Bozkurt H, Yiğitoğlu İ, Coşkun A. Measurement of Radiation Dose Emitted by 4 x 4 cm2 and 10 x 10 cm2 Aperture of Linear Accelerator. JNT. 2020;:15–20.

MLA

Sarıkaya, Elif, et al. “Measurement of Radiation Dose Emitted by 4 X 4 Cm2 and 10 X 10 Cm2 Aperture of Linear Accelerator”. Journal of New Theory, no. 32, Sept. 2020, pp. 15-20, https://izlik.org/JA63MS37LK.

Vancouver

1.Elif Sarıkaya, Melek Gökbulut, Gulhan Guler, Halis Bozkurt, İbrahim Yiğitoğlu, Arzu Coşkun. Measurement of Radiation Dose Emitted by 4 x 4 cm2 and 10 x 10 cm2 Aperture of Linear Accelerator. JNT [Internet]. 2020 Sep. 1;(32):15-20. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA63MS37LK