日本放射線技術学会雑誌
Online ISSN : 1881-4883
Print ISSN : 0369-4305
ISSN-L : 0369-4305
ノート
小線源治療用QAファントムの作製─使用時点検への応用─
甲斐 祐大村上 龍次丸山 雅人中口 裕二永末 望筧 清孝竹永 枝里子橋田 昌弘斉藤 哲雄
著者情報
ジャーナル フリー

2014 年 70 巻 1 号 p. 34-40

詳細
抄録

Purpose: We developed a quality assurance (QA) phantom to enable easy confirmation of radiation source output measurements of a high dose rate 192Ir intracavitary brachytherapy unit in gynecology. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of daily checks using the QA phantom. Methods and materials: The QA phantom was designed with tough water phantoms to hold a Farmer-type ionization chamber, with semiconductor detectors used as in vivo dosimeters to measure rectal dose, and three transfer tubes for gynecology. To test the reliability of our QA phantom for the detection of abnormalities in source output or semiconductor detectors, we applied different doses. Results: Variations due to different settings of the QA phantom were within 2%. The temporal variations were less than 2% and 5% in the Farmer-type ionization chamber and semiconductor detectors, respectively. Interobserver variations were below 3%. Conclusions: With tolerance levels of 2% and 5% for a Farmer-type ionization chamber and semiconductor detectors, respectively, a QA phantom is potentially useful for easily detecting abnormalities by applying daily checks of the brachytherapy unit.

著者関連情報
© 2014 公益社団法人 日本放射線技術学会
前の記事 次の記事
feedback
Top