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Effect of surface waves on radiotherapy dosimetric measurements in water tanks

The effect of surface waves, generated by moving the scanning arms in water phantoms, on radiation dosimetry is studied. It is shown that in large water tanks, high arm speeds can result in dosimetric errors of up to 5%. The measurements that are started after damping the water waves can result in a...

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Autor principal: Bakhtiari, Mohammad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22228932
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-6203.89972
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description The effect of surface waves, generated by moving the scanning arms in water phantoms, on radiation dosimetry is studied. It is shown that in large water tanks, high arm speeds can result in dosimetric errors of up to 5%. The measurements that are started after damping the water waves can result in about a 50% improvement in accuracy of measurements. It is shown that the water surfaces at the start of the measurements have high fluctuations that transform to a steady phase by elapsing time.
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spelling pubmed-32497342012-01-06 Effect of surface waves on radiotherapy dosimetric measurements in water tanks Bakhtiari, Mohammad J Med Phys Technical Note The effect of surface waves, generated by moving the scanning arms in water phantoms, on radiation dosimetry is studied. It is shown that in large water tanks, high arm speeds can result in dosimetric errors of up to 5%. The measurements that are started after damping the water waves can result in about a 50% improvement in accuracy of measurements. It is shown that the water surfaces at the start of the measurements have high fluctuations that transform to a steady phase by elapsing time. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3249734/ /pubmed/22228932 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-6203.89972 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Medical Physics http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Effect of surface waves on radiotherapy dosimetric measurements in water tanks
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249734/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22228932
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