Measuring dose distributions for enhanced dynamic wedges using a multichamber detector array.

H H Liu; E P Lief; E C McCullough

doi:10.1118/1.598040

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Measuring dose distributions for enhanced dynamic wedges using a multichamber detector array.

H H Liu·E P Lief·E C McCullough

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Abstract

This paper investigates measuring dose distributions for enhanced dynamic wedges (EDWs) using a commercial multichamber detector array. The technical aspects of using the chamber array, including chamber calibration, selection of measurement parameters, and use of the reference chamber, have been fully investigated. The measurement results from the chamber array were also confirmed by those from the single chamber and radiographic film measurements. The results reported here showed that proper operation of the chamber array is essential to measure dose accurately for the EDW fields; the chamber detector array can be used more efficiently than a single chamber without compromising the dose measurement accuracy.

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H H Liu, E P Lief, E C McCullough. 1997. Measuring dose distributions for enhanced dynamic wedges using a multichamber detector array.. https://doi.org/10.1118/1.598040

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