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Dosimetry for IMRT

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Dose Ratio<br />

Dose<br />

20<br />

18<br />

16<br />

14<br />

12<br />

10<br />

8<br />

6<br />

4<br />

2<br />

Dose and Dose/FW as a<br />

Function of Field Width (FW)<br />

Divide by Field Width and Normalize<br />

Water Tank Dose Ratios<br />

Normalized<br />

Doose/FW<br />

Dose/FWW<br />

Ratio<br />

1.2<br />

1<br />

0.8<br />

0.6<br />

0.4<br />

0.2<br />

Water Tank Dose/FW Ratios<br />

Plot of dose D(FW) Plot of D/FW<br />

Basically a measure<br />

of the clipping the<br />

photon source so rce seen<br />

<strong>for</strong> the smaller field<br />

widths.<br />

0<br />

0<br />

0 1 2 3 4 5<br />

0 1 2 3 4 5<br />

Measured Measured Field Field Width, FW FW (cm) (cm) Measured Field Width, FW (cm)<br />

Measured Field Width, FW (cm)<br />

From Brian Hundertmark

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