comparison of ebt and ebt3 radiochromic film usage in parotid cancer radiotherapy

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m t bahreyni toossi medical physics research center, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iran

f khorshidi medical physics research center, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد (mashhad university of medical sciences)

m ghorbani medical physics research center, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد (mashhad university of medical sciences)

n mohamadian medical physics research center, faculty of medicine, mashhad university of medical sciences, mashhad, iranسازمان اصلی تایید شده: دانشگاه علوم پزشکی مشهد (mashhad university of medical sciences)

abstract

background: ebt and ebt3 radiochromic films have been used in radiotherapy dosimetry for years. objective: the aim of the current study is to compare ebt and ebt3 radiochromic films in dosimetry of radiotherapy fields for treatment of parotid cancer. methods: calibrations of ebt and ebt3 films were performed with identical setups using a 6 mv photon beam of a siemens primus linac. skin dose was measured at different points in the right anterior oblique (rao) and right posterior oblique (rpo) fields by ebt and ebt3 films on a rando phantom. results: while dosimetry was performed with the same conditions for the two film types for calibration and in phantom in parotid cancer radiotherapy, the measured net optical density (nod) in ebt film was found to be higher than that from ebt3 film. the minimum difference between these two films under calibration conditions was about 2.9% (for 0.2 gy) with a maximum difference of 35.5% (for 0.5 gy). in the therapeutic fields of parotid cancer radiotherapy at different points, the measured dose from ebt film was higher than the ebt3 film. in these fields the minimum and maximum measured dose differences were 16.0% and 25.5%, respectively. conclusion: ebt film demonstrates higher nod than ebt3 film. this effect may be related to the higher sensitivity of ebt film over ebt3 film. however, the obtained dose differences between these two films in low dose range can be due to the differences in fitting functions applied following the calibration process.

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journal of biomedical physics and engineering

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