Electron dosimetry based on the absorbed dose to water concept: A comparison of the AAPM TG-51 and DIN 6800-2 protocols

Oliver S. Dohm; Gunter Christ; Fridtjof Nüsslin; Edmund Schüle; Gregor Bruggmoser

doi:10.1118/1.1414008

Electron dosimetry based on the absorbed dose to water concept: A comparison of the AAPM TG-51 and DIN 6800-2 protocols

Oliver S. Dohm, Gunter Christ, Fridtjof Nüsslin, Edmund Schüle, Gregor Bruggmoser

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Abstract

The dosimetry protocols DIN 6800-2 and AAPM TG-51, both based on the absorbed dose to water concept, are compared in their theoretical background and in their application to electron dosimetry. The agreement and disagreement in correction factors and energy parameters used in both protocols will be shown and discussed. Measurements with three different types of ionization chambers were performed and evaluated according to both protocols. As a result the perturbation correction factor P⁶⁰_wallCo for the Roos chamber was determined to 1.024 ± 0.5%.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2258-2264
Number of pages	7
Journal	Medical Physics
Volume	28
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1118/1.1414008
State	Published - 2001
Externally published	Yes

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Absorbed dose to water
Electron dosimetry
Perturbation correction
Roos chamber

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