A Comparative Study of Reference Dosimetries in Japan and Canada

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  • KAWACHI Toru
    Division of Radiation Oncology, Chiba Cancer Center Graduate school of Human Health Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • KATAYOSE Tetsurou
    Division of Radiation Oncology, Chiba Cancer Center Graduate school of Human Health Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University
  • KODAMA Takumi
    Division of Radiation Oncology, Saitama Cancer Center
  • MIYASAKA Ryouhei
    Division of Radiation Oncology, Chiba Cancer Center
  • SHIMIZU Morihito
    National Metrology Institute of Japan, AIST
  • SAITOH Hidetoshi
    Graduate school of Human Health Science, Tokyo Metropolitan University

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  • 日本とカナダの標準線量計測の比較
  • ニホン ト カナダ ノ ヒョウジュンセンリョウ ケイソク ノ ヒカク

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<p>In Japan and North America, different dosimetry protocols have been implemented to determine the absorbed dose to water: JSMP Standard Dosimetry 12 and AAPM TG-51 addendum. In this study, Japanese and Canadian reference dosimetries for high energy photon beams were compared theoretically, and then they were verified experimentally. We estimated the theoretical differences of the ion recombination correction factors, the leakage correction factors, the radial dose distribution correction factors, the calibration factors, the beam quality correction factors and the absorbed dose to water. When an influence of the radial dose distribution is negligible, the ratios of Canadian to Japanese absorbed dose in reference dosimetries ranged from 0.995 to 1.007 for all the reference-class-Farmer-type ionization chambers. This discrepancy was mainly caused by the wall correction factor included in the beam quality correction factor. Subsequently, to verify the theoretical approaches, we calibrated the same ionization chamber in 60Co gamma ray of Japanese primary and secondary standard dosimetry laboratories (PSDL and SSDL) and measured the absorbed dose of a clinical linear accelerator. It followed that the ratios of Canadian to Japanese absorbed dose in reference dosimetries increased up to 1.015 for PTW 30013 reference-class-Farmer-type ionization chamber. This increase was mainly caused by a discrepancy in the calibration factors (ND,w) observed between Japanese PSDL and SSDL. In conclusion, in order to improve the international consistency of the absorbed dose to water determined by JSMP Standard Dosimetry 12, we should reevaluate the accuracy of the wall correction factors and implement a periodic comparative test of the ND,w between Japanese PSDL and SSDL.</p>

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