Evaluation of the usefulness of a MOSFET detector in an anthropomorphic phantom for 6-MV photon beam.
In order to evaluate the usefulness of a metal oxide-silicon field-effect transistor (MOSFET) detector as a in vivo dosimeter, we performed in vivo dosimetry using the MOSFET detector with an anthropomorphic phantom. We used the RANDO phantom as an anthropomorphic phantom, and dose measurements were carried out in the abdominal, thoracic, and head and neck regions for simple square field sizes of 10 x 10, 5 x 5, and 3 x 3 cm(2) with a 6-MV photon beam. The dose measured by the MOSFET detector was verified by the dose calculations of the superposition (SP) algorithm in the XiO radiotherapy treatment-planning system. In most cases, the measured doses agreed with the results of the SP algorithm within +/-3%. Our results demonstrated the utility of the MOSFET detector for in vivo dosimetry even in the presence of clinical tissue inhomogeneities.
Kohno
Ryosuke
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National Cancer Center Hospital East, 6-5-1 Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8577, Japan. rkohno@east.ncc.go.jp
Hirano
Eriko
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Kitou
Satoshi
S
Goka
Tomonori
T
Matsubara
Kana
K
Kameoka
Satoru
S
Matsuura
Taeko
T
Ariji
Takaki
T
Nishio
Teiji
T
Kawashima
Mitsuhiko
M
Ogino
Takashi
T
D006801:Humans; D010087:Oxides; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D017785:Photons; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012825:Silicon; D014173:Transistors, Electronic
D010087:Oxides; D012825:Silicon
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