FOIL ACTIVATION TECHNIQUE-A TOOL FOR THE EVALUATION OF PHOTO-NEUTRON DOSE IN RADIOTHERAPY. 2023

Deepa Sathian, and Ashok K Bakshi, and Umasankari Kannan, and Mudit Beck, and Abdul Haneefa, and Siji Cyriac
Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400071, India.

Treatment of cancer is carried out using photon beams from high-energy medical linear accelerators. Photo-neutrons are also produced as an unwanted by product in the process of dose delivery to the cancer patients during their radiation treatments. In the present study, photo-neutron dose equivalents (both thermal and fast components) per unit delivered gamma-photon dose were measured at different depths, as function of distances from iso-centre in patient plane, field sizes, wedge angles and at LINAC head for a 15-MV medical linear accelerator model Elekta Precise using multi-foil activation technique. The neutron dose equivalents determined for the above-mentioned parameters were found to be lower (<0.05%) in comparison with the therapeutic photon dose delivered and within the prescribed limits recommended by the national regulatory authority.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D009502 Neutrons Electrically neutral elementary particles found in all atomic nuclei except light hydrogen; the mass is equal to that of the proton and electron combined and they are unstable when isolated from the nucleus, undergoing beta decay. Slow, thermal, epithermal, and fast neutrons refer to the energy levels with which the neutrons are ejected from heavier nuclei during their decay. Neutron
D010315 Particle Accelerators Devices which accelerate electrically charged atomic or subatomic particles, such as electrons, protons or ions, to high velocities so they have high kinetic energy. Betatrons,Linear Accelerators,Accelerator, Linear,Accelerator, Particle,Accelerators, Linear,Accelerators, Particle,Betatron,Linear Accelerator,Particle Accelerator
D011879 Radiotherapy Dosage The total amount of radiation absorbed by tissues as a result of radiotherapy. Dosage, Radiotherapy,Dosages, Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy Dosages
D011882 Radiotherapy, High-Energy Radiotherapy using high-energy (megavolt or higher) ionizing radiation. Types of radiation include gamma rays, produced by a radioisotope within a teletherapy unit; x-rays, electrons, protons, alpha particles (helium ions) and heavy charged ions, produced by particle acceleration; and neutrons and pi-mesons (pions), produced as secondary particles following bombardment of a target with a primary particle. Megavolt Radiotherapy,High-Energy Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy, Megavolt,High Energy Radiotherapy,Radiotherapy, High Energy
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D017785 Photons Discrete concentrations of energy, apparently massless elementary particles, that move at the speed of light. They are the unit or quantum of electromagnetic radiation. Photons are emitted when electrons move from one energy state to another. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 11th ed)

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