Characteristics Performance of Newly Developed Parallel Plate Chamber in Electron Beams.

Autor: Saminathan S; Department of Radiation Physics, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India., Kannan M; Department of Radiation Physics, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India., Ganesh KM; Department of Radiation Physics, Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India., Mazarello J; Roaslina India Private Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India., Fernandes R; Roaslina India Private Limited, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of medical physics [J Med Phys] 2023 Oct-Dec; Vol. 48 (4), pp. 333-337. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Dec 05.
DOI: 10.4103/jmp.jmp_76_23
Abstrakt: Background: To investigate the dosimetric performance of newly developed parallel plate chamber in electron beams.
Materials and Methods: Rosalina Instruments India Private Limited (Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) has designed and fabricated PRATT2 parallel plate chamber. The various dosimetric characteristics, including pre- and post-irradiation leakage, stability, polarity effect, chamber response with bias voltage, dose linearity, dose rate effect, and chamber absorbed dose calibration, were performed for the developed chamber. The electron beam energies of 4, 6, 8, and 15MeV were used in this study.
Results: The pre- and post-irradiation leakage of the developed chamber was within the acceptable limit. The chamber shows good stability over the electron beams used in this study. The maximum error in polarity effect was 0.7% for the developed chamber. The chamber shows the good linear response with dose, and its response is independent of the dose rate for all electron beams. The beam quality correction factor (k Q, Q0 ) was determined for the all electron beam energies, which was used for determination absorbed dose in electron beams.
Discussion: The developed parallel plate chamber (PRATT2) is suitable for dosimetry of electron beams in radiotherapy. The chamber is cost effective and shows precise and reproducible response. The study carried out confirms that the newly designed and fabricated ion chamber can be used in the measurement of absorbed dose for therapeutic electron beams.
Competing Interests: There are no conflicts of interest.
(Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Medical Physics.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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