The impact of water temperature on the measurement of absolute dose
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[Thesis]
First Statement of Responsibility
Naveed Mehdi Islam
Subsequent Statement of Responsibility
Podgorsak, Matthew
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
State University of New York at Buffalo
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2016
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
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66
GENERAL NOTES
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Committee members: Bednarek, Daniel R.; Wang, Zhou
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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-1-339-48108-1
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
M.S.
Discipline of degree
Physiology and Biophysics
Body granting the degree
State University of New York at Buffalo
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2016
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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To standardize reference dosimetry in radiation therapy, Task Group 51 (TG 51) of American Association of Physicist's in Medicine (AAPM) recommends that dose calibration measurements be made in a water tank at a depth of 10 cm and at a reference geometry. Methodologies are provided for calculating various correction factors to be applied in calculating the absolute dose. However the protocol does not specify the water temperature to be used. In practice, the temperature of water during dosimetry may vary considerably between independent sessions and different centers. In this work the effect of water temperature on absolute dosimetry has been investigated.
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Physics; Biophysics
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Subject Term
Pure sciences;Biological sciences;Aapm task group 51;Absolute dosimetry;Medical physics;Radiation dosimetry;Radiation therapy;Temperature effect on dosimetry