SU‐E‐J‐110: TG 51 Dosimetry : With Or Without Lead

Abstract

TG‐51 Dosimetry: With or Without Lead.Purpose:In this project, an analytical method has been introduced for adjustment of the TG‐51 recommended KQ in order to produce accurate dosimetric data for high energy photons without the lead foil.Methods:These investigations were performed using a 30 cm × 30 cm × 30 cm CIVCO water tank, A12 EXRADIN Water proof Farmer Chamber, a Standard Imaging MAX 4000 electrometer, and 1 mm thick lead foil from Standard Imaging. Complete TG‐51 was performed every month with and without lead. The results were analyzed and an analytical model has been developed for comparing the values of KQ. TG‐51 Table I was used to obtain KQ values.Results:The dosimetric evaluations were obtained for Varian Linear accelerators Model 21ix and 21ex. These results indicates that the measured data with lead foil in place as recommended by TG‐51 is in excellent agreement (within 0.1%) with the calculated data obtained by the new model, from our dosimetry data without‐lead. If equation 15 of the TG‐51 report is used without any adjustments, it will lead to differences of about 1.6 % (on the average) in relative data which will Resultin differences of about 0.3 % (on the average) in the KQ Values. The KQ value for 18 MV obtained consistently with the equation of TG‐51 “with lead” and “without lead” were 0.971 and 0.974, respectively. The 0.3 % higher results for KQ without lead eventually will lead to 0.3% larger output. However, by considering this model the KQ value was found to be 0.971 for dosimetry without lead.Conclusion:The analytical model that was introduced in this project was able to reproduce the dosimetric data of the high energy linear accelerators to within 0.1% without the use of the lead foil.