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Reference Dosimetry for Megavoltage Therapy Beams:
ElectronsDavid Followill Ph.D
Radiological Physics CenterUT M.D.Anderson Cancer Center
Houston TX
• Based on an Absorbed Dose to Water (in Water) Standard (60Co): • Conversion to Absorbed dose at other energies and modalities
(electrons) is by correction factors, kecal, k’R50, and Pgr (electrons).• Based on Bragg Gray cavity theory.• All of the chamber correction factors introduced in TG-21 are
incorporated into Kecal, and k’R50.• Many chamber specific corrections are averaged into “classes” of
chambers, so only a few k’R50 values are needed.
Protocol for Clinical Reference Dosimetry of Protocol for Clinical Reference Dosimetry of HighHigh--Energy Photon and Electron Beams.Energy Photon and Electron Beams.
Med. Phys. 26, p1847 – 1870 (1999)TG-51
• Requires Calibration in Water ( at least annually): Plastics may be used for monthly output checks, but
must be referenced to the water calibration by a correction factor.
• Electrons •Energy characterized by depth of 50% of max dose, d50Reference measurement depth, dref, is related to d50.
Protocol for Clinical Reference Dosimetry of Protocol for Clinical Reference Dosimetry of HighHigh--Energy Photon and Electron Beams.Energy Photon and Electron Beams.
Med. Phys. 26, p1847 – 1870 (1999)TG-51
Absorbed Dose Calibration FactorAbsorbed Dose Calibration FactorIdeal:
Where: is the chamber Absorbed Dose Calibration Factor specific for the energy and modality of the beam being measured.
(NK for Kilovolt X-rays)
Pragmatic: Too expensive to be practicalWe understand the behavior of chambers in the megavoltage range.Cobalt 60 is still available, and very reproducible.Cobalt 60 is a near perfect beam to use as the reference energy for
chamber calibration.
• other energy/modality specific corrections.
QwD,N M D •=
QwD,N
CowD,
60
N M D •=
Chamber Calibration FactorChamber Calibration FactorChamber Calibration Factor
• Obtain from ADCL• Chamber waterproofing material:
– 1 mm Acrylic (PMMA) wall– Provided by ADCL– Waterproof chambers
Calibrate P-P ChamberCalibrate PCalibrate P--P ChamberP Chamber• ADCL’s:
– TG-39, in water – 60Co– Evidence of problems with kecal
• User: (Recommended)– TG-39 in water/plastic – Cylindrical Chamber is NIST traceable– TG-51 In water– high energy electron R50 near 7.5 cm– compare with cylindrical chamber
Electron EquationElectron Equation
factor correctionenergy of component gradient-non k
Correction Gradient P
k k P
N k k P M D
'R
Qgr
R'R
Qgr
CowD,ecal
'R50
Qgr
Qw
50
5050
[Gy]60
=
=
=
=
(Eq 6)
kecal is conversion of ND,w from 60Co to electrons
kQ
correction for gradient at the point of calibration (dref)
=QgrP
( )( )refraw
refrefQgr dM
0.5rdM P +=
ecal'RR k kk
5050=
(Eq 21)
(Eq 4)
(Eq 5)
For ElectronsFor Electrons50R
QgrQ k P k =
TG-51 MeasurementsTGTG--51 Measurements51 Measurements
Electrons:• Look up kecal for your chamber.• Search for Imax and I50 (use 0.5 rcav shift)• Determine R50
• Determine dref and k’R50
• Move chamber to physical dref (no shift)• Measure Ppol and Pion
• Move chamber to dref + 0.5 rcav
• Calculate the gradient correction, Pgr
kecal Electronskkecalecal ElectronsElectrons• dummy factor
carries into ( = dose calib factor at reference electron
energy d50 = 7.5cm) • Simplifies the calculations • Allows for a specific electron calibration factor
to be introduced later.• Includes L/ρ and Prepl for R50 = 7.5 cm and
L/ρ, Prepl, Pwall for Cobalt 60.
NCowD,
ecalQ
wD,N
ecalQ
wD,N
TG-51 MeasurementsTGTG--51 Measurements51 Measurements
Electrons:• Look up kecal for your chamber.• Search for Imax and I50 (use 0.5 rcav shift)• Determine R50
• Determine dref and k’R50
• Move chamber to physical dref (no shift)• Measure Ppol and Pion
• Move chamber to dref + 0.5 rcav
• Calculate the gradient correction, Pgr
Electrons:Reference Conditions
Electrons:Electrons:Reference ConditionsReference Conditions
• Field Size:assure full lateral scatter for R50
10 cm x 10 cm for R50 < 8.5 cm20 cm x 20 cm for R50 > 8.5 cm
• Reference Depth, dref
dref = 0.6R50 - 0.1 [cm]
• Nominal SSD
(Eq 18)
ElectronsClinical % dd
ElectronsElectronsClinical % ddClinical % dd
• Measure % ionization• Shift to effective point of measurement• Convert ionization to dose -- using TG-25
(revised L/ρ)• Use %dd to shift from dref to dmax, not %dIon
Parallel Plate and diode need no shift
Effective point of measurementEffective point of measurement
deff = dmeas - f ( rcav)
f = 0.5 rcav for electrons
f = 0 for parallel plateinner surface of front window
rcavCenter of chamber
Effective pt of measurement
Electron source
x
Effective Point of MeasurementEffective Point of Measurement
Water surface
Parallel plateCylindrical
X X
Physical depthEffective depth
TG-51 MeasurementsTGTG--51 Measurements51 Measurements
Electrons:• Look up kecal for your chamber.• Search for Imax and I50 (use 0.5 rcav shift)• Determine R50
• Determine dref and k’R50
• Move chamber to physical dref (no shift)• Measure Ppol and Pion
• Move chamber to dref + 0.5 rcav
• Calculate the gradient correction, Pgr
Beam Quality Specification for Electron Beams
Beam Quality Specification for Beam Quality Specification for Electron BeamsElectron BeamsSpecified by R50
R50 = depth (cm) at which dose falls to 50% of max for a 10 cm x 10 cm field.
(20cm x 20cm for R50 > 8.5cm)
R50 = 1.029 I50 - 0.06 (cm) [I50 < 10cm]
R50 = 1.059 I50 - 0.37 (cm) [I50 >10cm]
{I50 = depth of 50% ionization}
(Eq 16)
(Eq 17)
TG-51 MeasurementsTGTG--51 Measurements51 Measurements
Electrons:• Look up kecal for your chamber.• Search for Imax and I50 (use 0.5 rcav shift)• Determine R50
• Determine dref and k’R50
• Move chamber to physical dref (no shift)• Measure Ppol and Pion
• Move chamber to dref + 0.5 rcav
• Calculate the gradient correction, Pgr
Reference depth: Reference depth: ddrefref
dref = 0.6R50 - 0.1 [cm]
• Energy Dependent Factor - chamber specific(Includes ratio of L/ρ • Prep • Pcel for arbitraryelectron energy to that for R50 = 7.5 cm)
• well behaved (observed )
(cyl) = .9905 + 0.071e-(R50/3.67)
(cyl cham for 2cm < R50 < 9cm), 0.2% error for Farmer chambers.
Fig 5 & 7 (cyl) Fig 6 & 8 (pp)
'R50
k (Eq 19)
'R50
k
'R50
k
For ElectronsFor ElectronsFor Electrons
60 Cobalt at evaluatedcelwallrepl
water
air
7.5 Renergy at evaluatedcelrepl
water
airecal
|
|
PPPL
PPL
k50
•••⎟⎟⎠
⎞ρ
••⎟⎟⎠
⎞ρ
==
7.550Renergy at evaluatedcelrepl
water
air
50Renergy the at evaluatedcelrepl
water
air50R
|
|
PPL
PPL
k'
=••⎟⎟⎠
⎞ρ
••⎟⎟⎠
⎞ρ
=
TG-51 MeasurementsTGTG--51 Measurements51 Measurements
Electrons:• Look up kecal for your chamber.• Search for Imax and I50 (use 0.5 rcav shift)• Determine R50
• Determine dref and k’R50
• Move chamber to physical dref (no shift)• Measure Ppol and Pion
• Move chamber to dref + 0.5 rcav
• Calculate the gradient correction, Pgr
PhantomsPhantomsPhantoms
• Water only– Annual calibration
• Plastics:– Weekly/Monthly– Compare with water at annual calibration.
Chamber ProtectionChamber ProtectionChamber Protection
• Waterproof Chambers–no protective sleeve needed
• Other Chambers–1 mm thick Acrylic protective sleeve
Chambers:parallel plate vs cylindrical
Chambers:Chambers:parallel plate vs cylindricalparallel plate vs cylindrical
• Electrons:– Parallel Plate Chambers: RECOMMENDED– Cylindrical Chambers: ACCEPTABLE
–P-P Chamber required for R50 ≤ 2.6 cm
Chamber PositionCylindrical Chamber (e-)
Chamber PositionChamber PositionCylindrical Chamber (e-)
• Clinical depth dose data: –effective pt of measurement
• Beam quality specification: –effective pt of measurement
• Calibration: –Physical center of chamber–gradient correction included in Pgr
M = PionPTPPelecPpolMraw [C or rdg] (Eq 8)
Pion = Collection efficiency correction
PTP = Temp-Press correction
Pelec = Electrometer factor
Ppol = Polarity Correction
Mraw = uncorrected charge reading
TG-51 MeasurementsTGTG--51 Measurements51 Measurements
Electrons:• Look up kecal for your chamber.• Search for Imax and I50 (use 0.5 rcav shift)• Determine R50
• Determine dref and k’R50
• Move chamber to physical dref (no shift)• Measure Ppol and Pion
• Move chamber to dref + 0.5 rcav
• Calculate the gradient correction, Pgr
PPionion Pulsed BeamPulsed Beam
(Eq 11)
VH = normal operating potential of chamber
VL = reduced potential on chamber -
= raw reading with full potential
= raw reading with reduced potential
HrawM
LrawM
/2VV HL<
( )⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛−
⎟⎟⎠
⎞⎜⎜⎝
⎛−
=
L
HLraw
Hraw
L
H
Hion
VV
MM
VV
VP00.1
0.975
0.980
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0.990
0.995
1.000
1.005
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Sequence #
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pons
e (N
orm
to 1
st rd
g @
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bias
)
6 e@ dm
18 x@ d10
--- MonitorΔ NEL, NEL'X PTW, PTW'
Cap-G, Cap-C
Pion using the equations in TG-51For VH/VL = 2
1
1.01
1.02
1.03
1.04
1.05
1.06
1 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06MH/ML
Pion
continuous radiation
pulsed radiation
Polarity CorrectionPolarity Correction
M+(M-) is the charge collected with positive (negative) polarity on the collector
Mraw = charge collected with normal polarity
raw
rawrawpol 2M
M - M P−+
= (Eq 9)
TG-51 MeasurementsTGTG--51 Measurements51 Measurements
Electrons:• Look up kecal for your chamber.• Search for Imax and I50 (use 0.5 rcav shift)• Determine R50
• Determine dref and k’R50
• Move chamber to physical dref (no shift)• Measure Ppol and Pion
• Move chamber to dref + 0.5 rcav
• Calculate the gradient correction, Pgr
For ElectronsFor ElectronsFor Electrons
= gradient correction
( )( )refraw
cavrefQgr dM
r5.0dM P += (Eq 21)
QgrP
QgrP =
M (dref + 0.5rcav)
M raw(dref)
Whole equation with %Whole equation with %dddd
[Gy] (1/pdd) N k k P P P P P M D CowD,ecal
'R50
QgrpolionelecTPrawQ
w60
=
ImplementationImplementationImplementation
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Only 8% to go
WhatWhat’’s the Holdup?s the Holdup?• New Air Kerma standard
–TG-51 ≈ TG-21 depending on the chamber
• Time and effort required (everyone is very busy)
• New equipment requirements (chambers and phantoms)
Equipment NeedsEquipment Needs
• Properly sized “liquid” water phantom (30x30x30 cm3)– Don’t use the scanning tank– Adequate scatter conditions– Easy reproducible setup
Chamber Holder and PositionerChamber Holder and Positioner• Holder
– Versatile to hold different chambers
– Rigid (sensitive volume perpendicular to water surface)
– No lateral displacement with depth
– Accurate sub-millimeter placement at any depth
– Verify accuracy prior to initial use– Remote electronic control is nice
Ion ChambersIon Chambers• TG-51 ion chambers vs NEW ion
chambers– Most are similar in design but now
waterproof1. Wall material2. Radius of air cavity3. Presence of Al electrode4. Wall thickness
– AAPM working group to determine the kR50,
kecal for new chambers
Ion Chambers Ion Chambers -- ElectronsElectrons• Parallel-plate or cylindrical chambers okay
• Cylindrical for energies > 6 MeV per protocol (R50 ≥ 2.6 cm)• Cylindrical = parallel plate if care in placement
• Always use a parallel plate chamber for 4 MeV beamsCaution as to where the inside surface of the front window is located
Ion Chambers Ion Chambers -- ElectronsElectrons• All chambers must have an ADCL calibration
coefficient EXCEPT PARALLEL PLATE CHAMBERS– AAPM recommendation is to cross calibrate parallel
plate chamber with cylindrical chamber in a high energy electron beam (worksheet C a la TG-39)
– ADCL ND,w – good TG-51 kecal – bad– Use of (ND,w•kecal) results in an error of 1-2%ONE EXCEPTION – Exradin P11 seems to be okay– AAPM working group determining new kecal values
Measurement TechniquesMeasurement Techniques• Accurate placement of cylindrical ion
chamber at depth– Whether manual or electronic motor driven
there must be a starting reference pointTwo techniques
1. Surface method
Water
Air
Correct Position
Measurement TechniquesMeasurement Techniques2. “Cowboy” method
Cut ruler down to minimize surface area
Cut ruler by the chamber radius and wall thickness
weights
U-shape plastic attached flush with end of ruler
Ion chamber
Water surface
• Accuracy depends on cutting ruler
• Used for reference starting point
• Periodic check of depth
Measurement TechniquesMeasurement Techniques• Parallel plate ion chambers
1. Flat surface makes it easy to measure depth2. Accurate ruler needed3. Must know where the inside surface of the
front window is located
Beam Quality Conversion Beam Quality Conversion FactorsFactors
• Electrons – kR50– Only small figures, no tables– Good figures at:
http://www.physics.carleton.ca/~drogers/pubs/papers/tg51_figures.pdf
Beam Quality Conversion Beam Quality Conversion FactorsFactors
• Electrons – 4 MeV beams (R50 < 2.0 cm)– Only use parallel plate chamber– Need to extrapolate curve
– Equation good downto 1 cm
1
Charge MeasurementsCharge MeasurementsM = Pion • PTP • Pelec • Ppol • Mraw
• PTP correction factor– Mercury thermometers and barometers most
accurate (but they are no longer kosher)– Hg barometers T&G corrections needed– Quality aneroid or digital can be used
• Check annually against a standard• Digital purchased with a calibration does not mean
accurate but rather what it read at certain pressures or temperatures
Charge MeasurementsCharge Measurements• Pelec correction factor
– ADCL calibration for each scale needed
• Ppol correction factor– Change polarity requires irradiation (600 to 800 cGy) to
re-equilibrate chamber– Use of eq 9 in TG-51 requires that you preserve the sign of
the reading or
– Ppol should be near unity for cylindrical chambers and slightly larger correction for parallel plate chambers
raw
rawrawpol M
MMP
2
−+ +=
Charge MeasurementsCharge Measurements
• Pion correction factor– High dose rate capabilities result in higher Pion
– Change in bias requires irradiation (600-800 cGy) to re-equilibrate chamber.
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6 e
Charge MeasurementsCharge Measurements• Pion correction factor
– Use eqs. 11 and 12 to calculate Pion– As a check if using VH/VL = 2 (within 0.1%)
• Pulsed beam : Pion = MH/ML if MH/ML < 1.02
• Continuous beam : Pion = {(MH/ML – 1)/3}+1
– Pion depends on chamber, beam energy, linac and beam modality
• Tends to increase with energy
Charge MeasurementsCharge Measurements• Electron beam gradient (Pgr) correction factor
– Only for cylindrical ion chambers– Ratio of readings at two depths
– The reading at dref+0.5rcav should have the same precision as the reading at dref since:
Dose = M(dref) • (many factors) • M(dref+0.5rcav)M(dref)
( )( )refraw
cavgr dM
rP 5.0dM ref +=
Charge MeasurementsCharge Measurements• Electron beam gradient (Pgr) correction factor
– E < 12 MeV; Pgr >1.000– E ≥ 12 MeV; Pgr ≤ 1.000– Why? Because for low electron energies dref = dmax
and this places the eff. pt. of measurement in the buildup region thus a ratio of readings greater than 1.000.
– At higher electron energies dref is greater than dmaxand as such the eff. Pt. of measurement is on the descending portion of the depth dose curve thus a ratio of readings less than 1.000.
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Clinical Depth DoseClinical Depth Dose• For electrons – depth dose correction for ≥
16 MeV is significant (~98.5% - 16 MeVand ~95.5% - 20 MeV)– Caution!!! Super big problem if you use %
depth ionization data (3-5% error for high energy electron beams)
SummarySummary• Implementation is straightforward
1. Must read the protocol and follow the prescriptive steps
2. Many suggestions to clarify confusion have been made
3. RPC will assist you and answer questions• Differences between TG-51 and other
protocols such as TG-21 and TRS 398 are minimal.
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