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AAPM Task Group 51AAPM Task Group 51(Med Phys 26, p.1847 - 70, 1999)
SWAAPM Fall Meeting 2000
William F. Hanson, Ph.D.
Sang Cho, Ph.D.
Jessica Lowenstein, M.S.
Peter Balter, M.S.
San Antonio TX.
October 6, 2000
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RPC 10/99
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• Beta test performed by:
–Sang Cho, Ph.D.
– Jessica Lowenstein, M.S.
–Peter Balter, M.S.
• ADCL staff:
–Nathan Wells, M.S.
–Peter Balter, M.S.
• Courses, laboratories and presentations– lab instructors,
– students,– attendees
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RPC 10/99
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work was supported by PHS
grant CA10953 awarded
by the NCI, DHHS.
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Traceability of StandardsTraceability of Standards
• Dosimeters Traceable to National Standards
• National Protocol for calculation of Dose at a
reference point (TG-21 & TG-51)
• National Protocol for Calculation of Dose to
arbitrary point in a patient (relative to
reference point dose) (EORTC)
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Traceability to National StandardsTraceability to National Standards
Calibration of Ion Chamber by ADCL (NIST)Chamber Calibration Factor
NX : EXPOSURE CALIBRATION FACTOR: (Roentgen/ Charge)
Exposure at the chamber-center with the chamber removed.
NK: AIR KERMA CALIBRATION FACTOR: (Gray/Charge)
Air Kerma at the chamber-center with the chamber removed
(never used seriously except maybe in a few European Centers.)
Ngas: CAVITY GAS CALIBRATION FACTOR: (Gray/Charge)
Absorbed dose to the gas in the chamber at chamber-center
[Ngas related to NK (NX) through calculational algorithm.]
ND,w: ABSORBED DOSE (water) CALIBRATION FACTOR: (Gy/Charge)
Absorbed dose to water at chamber-center,
with chamber removed and replaced by water.
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AAPM TGAAPM TG--5151Protocol for Clinical Reference Protocol for Clinical Reference
Dosimetry of HighDosimetry of High--Energy Photon Energy Photon and Electron Beamsand Electron Beams
• Based on an Absorbed dose to water (in Water)
Standard (at reference energy 60Co):
– More robust standard than AIR-KERMA
– Close to quantity needed (absorbed dose in
tissue)
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AAPM TGAAPM TG--5151
• Conversion to absorbed dose - other energies
– Photon: Single factor; kQ
– Electron: 3 Factors;
• Chamber specific corrections in “classes”
few kQ values
• Calibration in water (annually)
Plastics - reference to water calibration
ecal
'
50R
Q
gr k,k,P
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AAPM TGAAPM TG--5151
• Photon:
�Beam Quality: %dd @ 10 cm
(remove e- contamination)
�Reference depth: 10 cm
• Electron:
�Beam Quality: R50
�Reference depth: dref α R50
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TG-51
• Based on Bragg Gray Cavity Theory
–Chamber specific Corrections
- TG-21 formalism
- hidden in kQ and k’R50.
–Determine kQ and k’R50 directly
- for chamber make & model
- at National laboratories
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Absorbed Dose Calibration FactorAbsorbed Dose Calibration Factor
Ideal:
Where: is the chamber Absorbed Dose
Calibration Factor specific for the energy and
modality of the beam being measured.
Q
wD,N M D •=
Q
wD,N
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Absorbed Dose Calibration FactorAbsorbed Dose Calibration Factor
Ideal:
• Too expensive to be practical• We understand the behavior of chambers in the
megavoltage range.
• Cobalt 60 is still available, and very reproducible
• Cobalt 60 is a near perfect beam to use as the
reference energy for chamber calibration.
Q
wD,N M D •=
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Photon EquationPhoton Equation
= Dose to water at beam quality Q
M = Corrected meter reading
kQ = Energy correction factor
= Absorbed Dose to Water
calibration factor at Cobalt 60
energy
[Gy] wD,Q
Qw
Co60
Nk MD =
Co60
wD,N
DQ
w
(Eq 3)
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Chamber
Calibration Factor• Obtain from ADCL
• Chamber waterproofing material:
– 1 mm Acrylic (PMMA) wall
– Provided by ADCL
– Waterproof chambers
• Obtain both NK, (NX), and ND,W– Traceability to TG-21
Co60
wD,N
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M = M = PPionionPPTPTPPPelecelecPPpolpolMMrawraw [C or rdg] [C or rdg] ((EqEq 8)8)
Pion = Collection efficiency correction
PTP = Temp-Press correction
Pelec = Electrometer factor
Ppol = Polarity Correction
Mraw = uncorrected charge reading
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Pelec
• Electrometer Calibration factor [C/rdg]
• Previously included in Chamber calibration
factor.
• Watch the powers of ten.
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PPionion Pulsed BeamPulsed Beam
( )
−
−
=
L
HLraw
Hraw
L
H
Hion
V
V
M
M
V
V00.1
VP(Eq 11)
Pulsed
VH = normal operating potential of chamber
VL = reduced potential on chamber
= raw reading with full potential
= raw reading with reduced potential
H
rawM
L
rawM
2/VV HL <
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Polarity CorrectionPolarity Correction
M+(M-) is the charge collected with positive
(negative) polarity on the collector
Mraw = charge collected with normal polarity
raw
rawrawpol
2M
M - M P
−+
= (Eq 9)
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energycobalt at evaluatedcelwallrepl
Qenergy at the evaluatedcelwallrepl
Q
|
|
PPP
PPP
K
•
•
••
••
=water
air
water
air
L
L
ρ
ρ
For PhotonsFor Photons
• Prepl and Pwall same as for TG-21
• Pcel corrects for the influence of the Al center electrode
• Prepl is weakly dependent on chamber diameter
• Pwall is strongly dependent on thimble materials,
less dependent on exact dimensions
(See Table 1 and Figure 4 for values)
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KQ for photons
• Similar chambers have similar Pwall & Pcel,
so few kQ needed.
• TG-51 does not list values for my Chamber ???
– Choose chamber in Protocol that has
• Same wall material
• Same center electrode material
• Approximately same wall thickness
• Similar length and diameter -- weak depend
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Reference Conditions Reference Conditions
(Photons)(Photons)
• in Water
• On Central Axis
• 10 cm depth (chamber center)
• 10cm x 10 cm field
– SSD (field size defined at surface)
– SAD (field size defined at depth)
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Electron EquationElectron Equation
Co
wD,Q
Q
w
60
N k M D =
where
and
50R
Q
grQ k Pk =
Co
w,DecalR
Q
gr
Q
w
60
50N k'k P MD =
ecalRR kk'k5050
=
(Eq 4)
(Eq 5)
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For ElectronsFor Electrons
= correction for gradient at the
point of calibration (dref)
Q
grP
( )( )refraw
cavrefQ
grdM
0.5r d M P
+= (Eq 21)
NOTE: M(dref +0.5rcav) and M(dref) are the
reading at the depth, (dref+05rcav and dref )
NOT the reading times the depth.
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kecal Electronskecal Electrons
Modality conversion factor: Photon ⇒ electron
• carries into [at R50 = 7.5cm]
• Allows for a specific electron-calibration
factor to be introduced later.
• Includes L/ρ, Pcel, and Prepl for R50 = 7.5 cm &
L/ρ, Prepl, Pwall, and Pcel for Cobalt 60.
• Energy independent (actually a fixed energy)
Table 3 (cyl)Table 2 (pp)
N Co
wD,
60
ecalQ
wD,N
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• Energy Dependent Factor - chamber specific
(Includes ratio of L/ρ • Prep • Pcel for arbitrary
electron energy to that for R50 = 7.5 cm)
• well behaved (observed )
(cyl) = .9905 + 0.071e-(R50/3.67)
(cyl cham for 2cm < R50 < 9cm),
0.2% error for Farmer chambers.
Fig 5 & 7 (cyl)
Fig 6 & 8 (pp)
'
R50k'
R50k
'
R50k (Eq 19)
'
R50k
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For Electrons
60obalt at evaluatedcelrepl
7.5 Renergy at evaluatedcelrepl
|
|
PP
PP
50
Cwall
water
air
water
air
ecal
PL
L
k
•••
••
==
ρ
ρ
5.750Renergy at evaluatedcelrepl
50Renergy at the evaluatedcelrepl
50
|
|
PP
PP
'
=••
••
=water
air
water
air
R
L
L
k
ρ
ρ
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Electrons:Electrons:
Reference ConditionsReference Conditions
• Field Size:
≥10 cm x 10 cm for R50 < 8.5 cm
≥ 20 cm x 20 cm for R50 > 8.5 cm
• Reference Depth, dref
dref = 0.6R50 - 0.1 [cm]
• Nominal SSD (90 cm to 110 cm)
(Eq 18)
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Beam Quality Beam Quality
SpecificationSpecification
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Photon: Beam QualityPhoton: Beam Quality
SpecificationSpecification%dd(10)x
• % depth dose due only to photons
(excluding electron contamination)
10 cm x 10 cm at 100 cm SSD
• above 10 MV-- may be electron
contamination. Need to remove the
electrons (coming from collimators).
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%dd(10)%dd(10)xx from %dd(10)from %dd(10)PbPb
• Measure %dd at 10 cm with 1 mm Pb foil:_______________________________________________
- 50 cm from surface (± 5 cm)
%dd(10)x = [0.8905+0.00150 %dd(10)Pb]%dd(10)Pb_________________________________________________
- 30 cm from surface (± 1 cm)
%dd(10)x = [0.8116+0.00264 %dd(10)Pb]%dd(10)Pb__________________________________________________
(Where: %dd(10)Pb measured with1mm Pb foil)__________________________________________________
DEPTHS ARE SHIFTED
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%dd(10)%dd(10)xx from %dd(10)from %dd(10)oo
• Interim solution (error < 0.4%)
%dd(10)x = 1.267 [%dd(10)o] - 20.0
[75% < %dd(10)o < 89%]
Where: %dd(10)omeasured with open beam
ALL DEPTHS ARE SHIFTED TO
EFFECTIVE POINT
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Beam Quality Specification for Beam Quality Specification for
Electron BeamsElectron Beams
Specified by R50
R50 = depth (cm) at which dose falls to 50% of max
for a field with full side scatter.10 x 10 or 20 x 20 (R50 > 8.5)
R50 = 1.029 I50 -0.06 (cm) [I50 < 10cm]
R50 = 1.059 I50 -0.37 (cm) [I50 >10cm]
{I50 = depth of 50% ionization}
(Eq 16)
(Eq 17)
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TGTG--51 Measurements51 Measurements
Photons:
• Search for Imax
• Place chamber at 10cm + 0.6 rcav
(with/without lead - for energy > 10 MV)
• Determine kQ from %dd(10)x
• Move chamber to calibration depth
(physical 10 cm)
• Make measurements for Mraw, Ppol, and Pion
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TGTG--51 Measurements51 Measurements
Electrons:
• Look up kecal for your chamber.
• Search for Imax and I50 (use 0.5 rcav shift)
• Determine R50
• Determine dref and k’R50
• Move chamber to physical dref (no shift)
• Measure Ppol and Pion
• Move chamber to dref + 0.5 rcav
• Calculate the gradient correction, Pgr
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Regions of Confusion and ConcernRegions of Confusion and Concern
• Water phantom
• 1 mm Acrylic cap• Parallel Plate vs Cylindrical Chambers• Ppol, Pion
• Why dref• Point of measurement
• % dd
• Beam Quality Specifications• Calibration
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PhantomsPhantoms
• Water only
–Annual calibration (reference dosimetry)
• Plastics:
–Weekly/Monthly
–Compare with water at annual calibration.
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Chamber ProtectionChamber Protection
• Waterproof Chambers
–no protective sleeve needed
• Other Chambers
–1 mm thick Acrylic protective sleeve
• Cap correction: ????
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Chambers:Chambers:
parallel plate vs cylindricalparallel plate vs cylindrical
• Photons:
–Cylindrical Chambers: ONLY (effect of back scatter from insulator and body of P-P not understood)
• Electrons:
–Parallel Plate Chambers: RECOMMENDED
–Cylindrical Chambers: ACCEPTABLE
–P-P Chamber required for R50 < = 2.6 cm
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Calibrate PCalibrate P--P ChamberP Chamber
• ADCL’s:–TG-39, in water
–Cobalt 60
• User:–TG-39 in water/plastic(?)
–high energy electron (R50 ≈7.5 cm)–compare with cylindrical
• Traceability of Factor?????
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Polarity CorrectionPolarity Correction
Watch the sign
Some situations: pol > signal
ref depth -- not a problem
Ppol ˜ 1.00
raw
rawraw
polM2
MMP
−+ +=
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PPionion Pulsed BeamPulsed Beam
( )
−
−
=
L
HLraw
Hraw
L
H
Hion
V
V
M
M
V
V00.1
VP(Eq 11)
VH = normal operating potential of chamber
VL = reduced potential on chamber -
= raw reading with full potential
= raw reading with reduced potential
(Precision < 0.4%)
I Recommend Weinhous & Meli Med Phys 11, 846-849, 1984
Almond Med Phys 8, 901-904, 1980
TG-21 Curve for
Equation for 60Co in worksheet is wrong.
H
rawML
rawM
2/VV HL<
/2VVHL
=
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Why dWhy drefref not dnot dmaxmax ????
• K’R50 is smooth curve with low gradient
– remember L/ρ has high gradient at low energies.
• dref is close to dmax for low energy e-
• %dd gradient is low for high energy e-
• avoid 2-D interpolation of L/ρ • WARNING: For clinical use, correct to
dmax using clinical %dd data
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Effective point of measurement, Effective point of measurement,
%%dddd,,
beam quality beam quality specifiersspecifiers,,
dose gradientsdose gradients
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Effective Point of MeasurementEffective Point of Measurement
deff = dmeas - f ( rcav)
f = 0.6 rcav for photons
f = 0.5 rcav for electrons
f = 0 for parallel plateinner surface of front window
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Chamber PositionChamber PositionCylindrical Chamber (hν & e-)
• Clinical depth dose:
–effective pt of measurement
• Beam quality specification:
–effective pt of measurement
• Calibration:
–Physical center of chamber
–gradient correction included in kQ
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energycobalt at evaluatedcelwallrepl
Qenergy at the evaluatedcelwallrepl
Q
|
|
PPP
PPP
k
•
•
••
••
=water
air
water
air
L
L
ρ
ρ
For PhotonsFor Photons
• Prepl = gradient correction
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For ElectronsFor Electrons
= gradient correction
( )( )refraw
cavrefQgr
dM
r5.0dM P
+=
R50
Q
gr k' P k Q(Eq 4)
(Eq 21)
QgrP
=
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Photons: Photons:
Clinical % dd Clinical % dd (new procedure)(new procedure)
• Measure % ionization
• Shift to effective point of measurement.
– L/ρ and Pwall are ~ independent of depth
Use this value to correct dose from depth of calibration to
other depths in phantom.NOTE: This changes %dd values and shifts your dmax but does not change the gradient.
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ElectronsElectrons
Clinical % Clinical % ddddSame as before
• Measure % ionization
• Shift to effective point of measurement
• Convert to dose -- using TG-25 (revised
L/ρ)
• Use this value to shift from dref to dmax
Parallel Plate and diode need no shift
Figure 1
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Depth Dose Without Depth Dose Without Electron ContaminationElectron Contamination
• Measure %dd at 10 cm with 1 mm Pb foil:
- 50 cm from surface
%dd(10)x = [0.8905+0.00150 %dd(10)Pb]%dd(10)Pb
Use percent depth dose,%dd,
not fractional depth dose, fdd.
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Beam Quality SpecificationBeam Quality Specification
PhotonsPhotons
Specified by [ %dd(10)x ]–X-ray only %dd, 10 cm depth, 10 square
–Measure Imax and I10 at 10cm + f*rcav–Use only to determine kQ–Use lead sheet for energies > 10MV (vague)
• 1mm ± 20% (1/32” - 3/64”)
• Place at 30 (± 1) cm or 50 (± 5) cm from SSD
• Last material between collimator and phantom
• remove lead and throw away %dd(10)x• Interim equation to use without lead
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Beam Quality Specification Beam Quality Specification
ElectronsElectrons
Specified by R50R50 ~ depth (cm) at which dose falls to 50% of max for
full scatter field.
R50 = 1.029 I50 - 0.06 (cm) [I50 < 10cm]
R50 = 1.059 I50 - 0.37 (cm) [I50 >10cm]
{I50 = depth of 50% ionization}
• May not agree with clinical depth dose
• Use only to determine dref and k’R50
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Implementation
• Do Homework:
– Make measurements
– Determine Change in Dose to patient
– If change exceeds 2.5% -- contact RPC
– Choose a good date to change
• Inform everyone involved
• Make change
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Expected Changes
• TG-51/TG-21 at 60Co
• TG-51/TG-21 at other energies/modalities
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Calculation of ND,w/NK
for Cobalt-60
D(60Co) = M·ND,w = M·Ngas·L/ρρρρ·Prepl·Pwall
NK= 0.8791 [Gy/R] NX
[ ] [ ]water
airwallrepl
x
gas
K
w,D L P P
N
N
0.879
1
N
N
ρ
=
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Comparison of Absorbed Dose and
Air Kerma Calibration Factors
Chamber ND,w / Nk ND,w / Nk Meas. / Calc.
(Meas.) (Calc.)
NEL (SN 1864) 1.100 1.088 1.011
NEL (SN 1503) 1.102 1.088 1.013
PTW (SN 1516) 1.099 1.086 1.012
PTW (SN 1483) 1.099 1.086 1.012
Capintec PR06C 1.095 1.079 1.015
Exradin A12 1.106 1.093 1.012
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Dose (TG-51)/Dose (TG-21)
Chamber 60Co 6 MV hνννν 18 MV hνννν 9 MeV e- 16 MeV e-
NEL 1.012 1.010 1.007 1.015 1.021
(2 chambers)
PTW N23333/ 1.012 1.010 1.006 1.014 1.017
N30001
Capintec 1.015 1.011 1.004 1.014 1.015PR06C
Exradin A12 1.012 1.008 1.002 1.014 1.016
Note: The measurement uncertainty (1 SD) is less than ±±±± 0.4%.
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CAVEATS ABOUT DEPTH DOSE
MEASUREMENTS
• Effective point of measurement:
deff = dmeas - f ( rcav)
f = 0.6 rcav for photons
f = 0.5 rcav for electrons
• effective point of measurement is used to calculate
%dd used for clinical data and for energy
specification.
• for calibration: do not shift point of measurement,
gradient is corrected for in kQ.
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Learning Curve
• Photons --- rather short:
– One night of concentration
• Electrons --- somewhat longer
– Several sessions to become comfortable
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Mean Incident electron Energy, Eo
L/ ρρ ρρ
4 cm depth
1.4 cm depth
L/L/ρρ vsvs. Electron Energy al la TG. Electron Energy al la TG--2121
(Electrons)(Electrons)
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