| Project/Area Number |
13670907
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Radiation science
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| Research Institution | Hirosaki University |
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Principal Investigator |
IWASAKI Akira Hirosaki University, School of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (60111233)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
MATSUTANI Hideya Hirosaki University, School of Medicine, Lecturer, 医学部, 講師 (30241483)
KUBOTA Mamoru Hirosaki University, School of Medicine, Assistant, 医学部, 助手 (80133891)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2001 – 2004
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2004)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥2,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000)
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| Keywords | High-energy X-rays / Absorbed dose / Convolution method / X-ray spectrum / Kerma / 放射線治療学 / 線量計算 / 高エネルギー光子 / 放射線物理学 / 一次線量拡散分布 / 散乱線量拡散分布 / 1次線量 / 散乱線量 / 不均質 / 電子汚染 |
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| Research Abstract |
Using a linear accelerator producing triplet-energy beams of 4-, 10-, and 15-MV X-rays. the following experimental and theoretical studies were performed.
1.On the basis of X-ray intensity transmission data, we developed a method to estimate X-ray spectra and then constructed its calculation program. Under this situation, the primary X-ray spectrum variation caused by using wedges and compensators can be easily evaluated with accuracy and the primary X-ray spectrum variation within an irradiated body can also be easily evaluated with accuracy : Therefore, more accurate dose calculations can now be performed.
2.On the basis of the X-ray spectrum, the in-water attenuation coefficient was expressed as a function of depth, and then the zero-area tissue-maximum ratio (TIR) was formulated. Some of the constants in the zero-area TMR formulation were utilized for constructing primary and scatter dose spread functions.
3.Sets of tissue-phantom ratios (TPRs) were measured using water and 3-layed co
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rk phantoms for several irradiation fields. Sets of dose OCRs (off-center ratios) were also measured using water and 3-layed cork phantoms for several irradiation fields. These sets of data were utilized to reconfirm such fundamental functions, for dose calculation using a convolution method, as primary-dose spread functions, scatter-dose spread functions, contaminant electron intensity functions, and collimator OCR functions.
4.The concept of "collimator OCR" was introduced for evaluation of the shielding effect due to a pair of lower and upper jaws. The concept of "source OCR" was also introduced for evaluation of the incident X-ray intensity at an infinite field. It was proposed that the incident X-ray intensity at a point for a finite field was expressed as the product of the collimator OCR and source OCR functions.
5.A dose calculation approach was proposed to regard the multi-leaf collimator (MLC), the wedge, the shielding blocks, and the couch as parts of an irradiated body.
6.Speeding Up of the 3D dose calculation soft was attempted by utilizing the fact that both primary and scatter dose spread functional expressions could be integrated analytically. Less
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