PMID: 9434980Jan 22, 1998Paper

Calculating output factors for photon beam radiotherapy using a convolution/superposition method based on a dual source photon beam model

Medical Physics
H H LiuE C McCullough

Abstract

A realistic photon beam model based on Monte Carlo simulation of clinical linear accelerators was implemented in a convolution/superposition dose calculation algorithm. A primary and an extra-focal sources were used in this beam model to represent the direct photons from the target and the scattered photons from other head structures, respectively. The effect of the finite size of the extra-focal source was modeled by a convolution of the source fluence distribution with the collimator aperture function. Relative photon output in air (Sc) and in phantom (Scp) were computed using the convolution method with this new photon beam model. Our results showed that in a 10 MV photon beam, the Sc, Sp (phantom scatter factor), and Scp factors increased by 11%, 10%, and 22%, respectively, as the field size changed from 3 x 3 cm2 to 40 x 40 cm2. The variation of the Sc factor was contributed mostly by an increase of the extra-focal radiation with field size. The radiation backscattered into the monitor chamber inside the accelerator head affected the Sc by about 2% in the same field range. The output factors in elongated fields, asymmetric fields, and blocked fields were also investigated in this study. Our results showed that if the effec...Continue Reading

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