The role of humidity and other correction factors in the AAPM TG-21 dosimetry protocol.

Abstract:

:A detailed derivation is presented of the formulas required to determine Ngas and Dmed in the AAPM TG-21 dosimetry protocol. This protocol specifies how to determine the absorbed dose in an electron or photon beam when using exposure or absorbed dose calibrated ion chambers. It is shown that the expression given in TG-21's recent letter of clarification is incorrect. Accounting for humidity correctly increases, by 0.4%, all absorbed dose determinations using an exposure calibrated ion chamber. Taking into account other correction factors in the equation for exposure could also have varying, but significant effects (possibly over 1%). These are the stem scatter correction, the axial nonuniformity correction and the electrode correction for electrodes made of different materials from the wall. Attention is drawn to differences in the definitions of the exposure and absorbed dose calibration factors, Nx and ND, respectively, as supplied by the NBS and the NRCC.

journal_name

Med Phys

journal_title

Medical physics

authors

Rogers DW,Ross CK

doi

10.1118/1.596292

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1988-01-01 00:00:00

pages

40-8

issue

1

eissn

0094-2405

issn

2473-4209

journal_volume

15

pub_type

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