Characterization of Gafchromic HD-V2 Film for dose verification in stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) / Muhammad Taufiq Azman
The purpose of this study was to characterize specific dosimetric properties of Gafchromic HD-V2 film and to investigate its feasibility in the dosimetric verification for Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS). Basic dosimeter properties including energy and dose rate dependencies were investigated and...
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/11570/4/taufiq.pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/11570/ |
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| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to characterize specific dosimetric properties of
Gafchromic HD-V2 film and to investigate its feasibility in the dosimetric verification for
Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SRS). Basic dosimeter properties including energy and dose
rate dependencies were investigated and HD-V2 film showed energy and dose rate
dependencies of less than 9.5% and 4.94% respectively. The HD-V2 film has very low
dependency on scanning orientation in portrait versus landscape as well as “face-up”
versus “face-down” scanning orientation. The percentage differences recorded were less
than 2.7% for portrait versus landscape and less than 2.5% for “face-up” versus “facedown” orientation. In terms of angular dependency, there was no significant influence on
net optical density, with deviations less than 4.3% for films irradiated at selected gantry
angles ranging from 0° (which film is perpendicular to the irradiation beam) to 180°. Two
treatment plans using SRS technique were created and irradiated using HD-V2 film for
dosimetric verification. The dose distributions were calculated using a treatment planning
system to obtain point doses at specified positions within a phantom. The calculated doses
from TPS were compared to dose distributions delivered to HD-V2 film. The results of
the point dose measurements for SRS treatment irradiations showed that the deviations
between the TPS predicted dose and HD-V2 film measurements were less 4% which were
within the recommended values by ICRU. This study shows that Gafchromic HD-V2 film
can be used as dosimetric verification for SRS and for radiotherapy clinical practices that
involves high range of doses of 10 to 1000 Gy |
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