Analysis of Tissue Phantom Ratio of the Megavoltage Photon Beams

Authors

  • M. A. Rahman AUST
  • M. Jahangir Alam Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18034/mjmbr.v5i2.452

Keywords:

TPR, PDD, Dosimetry, Photon beam, Radiation Measurement

Abstract

Iso-centric beam data, phantom tissue ratios (TPR) are a dosimetric quantity commonly used to describe the change in dose with depth in tissue. Measurement of this is time-consuming and has the possibility of lose the consistency. The value of this quantity of any filed size in any depth is possible to calculate conveniently by the newly developed formula using only percentage depth dose (PDD) data of two fields. PDD for square fields ranging from 2 to 30 cm and various depths in increment of 0.4 cm up to maximum 30 cm have been measured in water at a fixed source surface distance (SSD) of 90 cm for 4, 6 and 15 MV photon beams in Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital (AMCGH), Dhaka, Bangladesh. TPR values calculating for these energies of the same field sizes, depths and SSD by using the developed formula compared with those determined from the measured PDD data using a standard formula and had the good agreement. Mean error less than 1% observed between these TPR values.

 

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Author Biographies

  • M. A. Rahman, AUST

    Department of Arts & Sciences, AUST, Dhaka, BANGLADESH

  • M. Jahangir Alam, Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital

    Ahsania Mission Cancer & General Hospital, Uttara, Dhaka, BANGLADESH

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Published

2018-12-31

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2018): July - December Issue

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Peer-reviewed Article

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Rahman, M. A. ., & Alam, M. J. . (2018). Analysis of Tissue Phantom Ratio of the Megavoltage Photon Beams. Malaysian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 5(2), 61-68. https://doi.org/10.18034/mjmbr.v5i2.452