Clinical Implementation of the IPEM 2003 Code of Practice for Electron Dosimetry
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1 Clinical Implementation of the IPEM 2003 Code of Practice for Electron Dosimetry Tom Jordan Royal Surrey County Hospital IPEM Electron Dosimetry Working Party: + DI Thwaites, AR DuSautoy, MR McEwen, AE Nahum A Nisbet & WG Pitchford
2 Basic Methodology Calorimeter based Absorbed Dose to Water calibration in electron beams I. NPL ion chamber compared to calorimeter in graphite II. User ion chamber compared to NPL chamber in water Pictures courtesy of NPL
3 Basic Methodology Calorimeter based Absorbed Dose to Water calibration in electron beams Individualised parallel plate electron chamber calibration at 6 electron beam qualities based on R 50,D (depth of 50% dose) Original NPL accelerator, R 50,D : 1.97 to 6.60cm [6 to 19 MeV] LESS than the range of hospital clinical beams Elekta Clinical Linac, R 50,D : 1.6 up to 8.9*cm [4 to 22* MeV] *(not guaranteed)
4 Basic Methodology NPL Calibration certificate Calorimeter based Absorbed Dose to Water calibration in electron beams Individualised parallel plate electron chamber calibration at 6 electron beam qualities based on R 50,D Uses reference depth defined as Z ref = 0.6 R 50,D 0.1cm NPL determined Recombination f ion = m(dose per pulse) + c
5 % Dose Basic Methodology Calorimeter based Absorbed Dose to Water calibration in electron beams 100 %Depth Dose Individualised parallel plate electron chamber calibration at 7 electron beam qualities based on R 50,D dmax Zref Uses reference depth defined as Z ref = 0.6 R 50,D 0.1cm NPL determined Recombination f ion = m(dose per pulse) + c R50 Depth (mm)
6 Basic Methodology NPL Calibration certificate Calorimeter based Absorbed Dose to Water calibration in electron beams Individualised parallel plate electron chamber calibration at 7 electron beam qualities based on R 50,D Uses reference depth defined as Z ref = 0.6 R 50,D 0.1cm NPL determined Recombination f ion = m(dose per pulse) + c
7 Basic Methodology NPL Calibration certificate Calorimeter based Absorbed Dose to Water calibration in electron beams Individualised parallel plate electron chamber calibration at 6 electron beam qualities based on R 50,D Uses reference depth defined as Z ref = 0.6 R 50,D 0.1cm NPL determined Recombination f ion = m(dose per pulse) + c
8 Determination of R 50,D Measurement of Depth- Dose For photons, Dose w Air ionisation x W/e x [µ en / ] w,air [µ en / ] w,air the Mass Energy Absorption Coefficient for water to air is nearly constant with depth and relative Depth-Ionisation is assumed to Depth-Dose in water. For electrons Dose w Air ionisation x W/e x S w,air As the electron energy spectrum decreases rapidly with depth (from incident energy to 0), the Stopping Power ratio S w,air is NOT constant Depth-Ionisation curve needs renormalising at every point by S w,air ratio to be same shape as Depth-Dose
9 Sw,med Stopping Power Ratios (20MeV Electrons) Water/Air Depth (mm)
10 Sw,med Stopping Power Ratios (20MeV Electrons) Water/Si Water/Air Depth (mm)
11 Determination of R 50,D Protocol gives 3 options; Find R 50,D either from; R 50,D = x R 50,I cm eqn. 2.1 Use measured Depth-Ionisation curve (Need %DD curve clinically, see later) S w,air corrected Depth-Ionisation curve To produce Depth-Dose curve Directly from diode measured Depth-Ionisation curve as S w,silicon constant until deep Measure Depth-Dose directly
12 % Ionisation Depth Dose Measurement DEPTH (mm) NACP
13 % DOSE Depth Dose Measurement NACP S w,air Corr DEPTH (mm)
14 % DOSE Depth Dose Measurement diode NACP S w,air Corr DEPTH (mm)
15 % Dose (corrected) NACP vs Diode: Energy Dependence MeV NACP 9MeV NACP 12MeV NACP 16MeV NACP 20MeV NACP Depth (mm) Bremsstrahlung tail
16 % Dose (corrected) NACP vs Diode: Energy Dependence MeV NACP 9MeV NACP 12MeV NACP 16MeV NACP 20MeV NACP Depth (mm) Bremsstrahlung tail
17 % Dose (corrected) NACP vs Diode: Consistent Error MeV NACP 9MeV NACP 12MeV NACP 16MeV NACP 20MeV NACP Diode Depth (mm)
18 Effective Point of Measurement, P eff An air ionisation chamber introduces an air bubble into the water phantom The effective point of measurement is where the fluence is equivalent to the fluence in the undisturbed medium For a parallel plate chamber P eff is just inside the front window Fluence CHAMBER
19 Effective Point of Measurement, P eff An air ionisation chamber introduces an air bubble into the water phantom The effective point of measurement is where the fluence is equivalent to the fluence in the undisturbed medium For a parallel plate chamber P eff is just inside the front window For a cylindrical chamber it is ~0.6 x Internal Radius forward of the physical centre]
20 Effective Point of Measurement, P eff ROOS 1.18x 1mm NACP FARMER 0.125cc DIODE 1.7x 0.6mm 1.8mm 1.7mm 0.5mm Effective Depths
21 Polarity In an electron beam a polarity effect may arise as some of the primary beam collides with the collecting electrode F pol = ( M + + M - )/2M M is reading with normal polarity M + and M - readings with respective polarity In an electron beam polarity can change with depth (and energy) as electrons scatter obliquely
22 Polarity NPL polarity negative volts (to front window) Collecting electrode positive wrt front window Uses conventional connection of separate HV Connects to flying lead, or outer braid of cable
23 Polarity (conventional) NACP FLYING LEAD -100V EARTH NEGATIVE TYPE B
24 Polarity (electrometer floating at volts) NACP +100V EARTH POSITIVE TYPE A
25 Polarity NACP FLYING LEAD -100V EARTH NEGATIVE TYPE B
26 Polarity NACP +100V EARTH POSITIVE TYPE A
27 Reading Polarity: Measurement Accuracy NACP: 4MeV, R50-50V -200V +200V Time Time USE A GOOD REFERENCE CHAMBER Switch off and disconnect Earth cable Reverse polarity Reconnect and switch on Take readings until stable Repeat Do +/- volts consecutively (not as part of recombination study) If in doubt use F pol = 1.0(!)
28 1/Reading Ion Recombination Theory Plotting 1/Reading vs 1/Voltage is a straight line This can easily be extrapolated to volts, or 100% collection efficiency 0 ( volt) 1/Volts Linear dependence permits use of the 2 voltage method f ion - 1 = (M 1 /M 2-1)/(V 1 /V 2-1) In particular, if V 1 = 2x V 2 then f ion = M 1 / M 2 (M is reading)
29 1/Reading Recombination Correction f ion Actual: Farmer Well behaved mev 20mev Parallel lines means curves overlay when normalised This means recombination is independent of energy Unless dose per pulse, Dp changes /Voltage Volts
30 1/reading Recombination Correction f ion Roos chamber ion recombination MeV 9MeV 12MeV 16MeV 20MeV /voltage
31 1/Reading Recombination Correction f ion Actual: NACP Parallel Plate chamber MeV NACP 10 MeV NACP 15 MeV NACP /VOLTS o o VOLTS
32 1/Reading Recombination Correction f ion Actual: Parallel Plate chambers MeV, Markus 4 MeV NACP 10 MeV NACP 15 MeV NACP /VOLTS o o VOLTS
33 Recombination Correction Use of lower voltages (~100V) on parallel plate ensures linear region but may give large correction factor (2-3% on Varian) Use of higher voltages will give a smaller correction but loss of linearity means the error on the volt intercept is high It is recommended to stay close to NPL calibration voltage (100V) to reduce uncertainty MEASURE LOCALLY and use NPL as check only Due to uncertainty in Dose per Pulse Royal Surrey Varian ix, 0.1cGy per pulse for electrons (cf NPL 0.033cGy)
34 Recombination/Polarity NPL Certificate
35 Recombination Correction Recombination depends only on the Dose per Pulse (D p ) and chamber voltage Recombination is independent of energy But different energies might use a different Dose per Pulse!! Recombination is linearly related to D p F ion = 1 + (c-1)(v cal /V user ) + m(v cal /V user ) D p F ion = c + m x D p (NPL eqn. at V user = 100Volt)
36 Linear Accelerator Calibration Roos or NACP with inside of front window at Z ref D w = R x N D,w x f t,p x f ion x f pol x %DD From %Depth Dose curve establish correction for dose at Z ref depth to D max depth Clinically quote Dose at d max and calibrate linac for 1cGy/mu at that point (NOT Z ref ) Negligible up to >12MeV Can be 4-5% at higher energy
37 Spreadsheet Designed to aid implementation of new protocol Contains NPL data and User data sheets NPL Calibration Certificate Data for Reference Chamber and Electrometer Type data into yellow cells only Ionisation Chamber type NACP Serial Number 3404 Polarising Voltage (V) 100 negative NPL Absorbed Dose to Water Calibration Factor; N w,u E nom R 50,D d ref,w N w,u Polarity (MeV) (cm) (cm) 10 7 (Gy/C) f pol Recombination Parameters f ion = c + md m = cgy -1 c = d is dose per pulse Electrometer Charge Calibration Electrometer type PTW Unidos Serial Number Measured Charge for nc displayed
38 Extrapolation to Higher (& Lower) Beam Qualities The previous NPL calibration covers a limited range of electron beam qualities The higher end was equivalent to a ~16MeV clinical beam To extrapolate to a higher energy use the ratio of stopping powers at Zref for the desired energy to the highest available calibration energy. N w,user = N w,r50=6.6 x [S w,air, R50=User, Zref ] / [S w,air, R50=6.6 ] (eg R50=6.6 as highest NPL calibration) Use SPR table in protocol or spreadsheet
39 Nw,u Spreadsheet: Extrapolation to Higher Beam Qualities PLOT Nw,u calibration and extrapolation N w,u x 10 7 (Gy/C) R 50,D (cm) Type extrapolation value S w,air R50,D
40 Nw,u Spreadsheet: Extrapolation to Higher Beam Qualities PLOT Nw,u calibration and extrapolation Type extrapolation value S w,air lin regrssn N w,u x 10 7 (Gy/C) R 50,D (cm) % R50,D
41 Nw,u Spreadsheet: Extrapolation to Higher Beam Qualities PLOT Nw,u calibration and extrapolation Type extrapolation value S w,air lin regrssn cubic N w,u x 10 7 (Gy/C) R 50,D (cm) % -0.47% R50,D
42 2,3,4 Rule of Thumb
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