An investigation of a new amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging device for transit dosimetry.

Abstract:

:The relationship between the pixel value and exit dose was investigated for a new commercially available amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging device. The pixel to dose mapping function was established to be linear for detector distances between 116.5 cm to 150 cm from the source, radiation field sizes from 5 x 5 cm2 to 20 x 20 cm2 and beam energies of 6 to 18 MV. Coefficients in the mapping function were found to be dependent on beam energy and field size. Open and wedged field profiles measured with the device showed agreement to a maximum of 5% and 8%, respectively, as compared to film. A comparison of relative transmission measurements between the EPID and ion chamber indicate a maximum deviation of 6% and 2% at 6 and 18 MV, respectively, for an attenuator thickness of 21 cm and SDD > or = 130 cm. It was found that accuracies of better than 1% could be obtained if detector position and field size specific fitting parameters were used to generate unique mapping functions for each configuration.

journal_name

Med Phys

journal_title

Medical physics

authors

Grein EE,Lee R,Luchka K

doi

10.1118/1.1508108

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2002-10-01 00:00:00

pages

2262-8

issue

10

eissn

0094-2405

issn

2473-4209

journal_volume

29

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