Estimation of dose enhancement to soft tissue due to backscatter radiation near metal interfaces during head and neck radiothearpy - A phantom dosimetric study with radiochromic film

Rajesh Ashok Kinhikar; Chandrashekhar M Tambe; Kalpana Patil; Mahadev Mandavkar; Deepak D Deshpande; Rajendra Gujjalanavar; Prabha Yadav; Ashwini Budrukkar

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Year : 2014 | Volume : 39 | Issue : 1 | Page : 40-43

Estimation of dose enhancement to soft tissue due to backscatter radiation near metal interfaces during head and neck radiothearpy - A phantom dosimetric study with radiochromic film

Rajesh Ashok Kinhikar¹, Chandrashekhar M Tambe¹, Kalpana Patil¹, Mahadev Mandavkar¹, Deepak D Deshpande¹, Rajendra Gujjalanavar², Prabha Yadav², Ashwini Budrukkar³
¹ Department of Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
² Department of Plastic Surgery, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Correspondence Address:
Rajesh Ashok Kinhikar
Department of Medical Physics, Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr. Ernest Borges Road Parel, Maharashtra, Mumbai - 400 012
India

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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DOI: 10.4103/0971-6203.125501

The objective of this study was to investigate the dose enhancement to soft tissue due to backscatter radiation near metal interfaces during head and neck radiotherapy. The influence of titanium-mandibular plate with the screws on radiation dose was tested on four real bones from mandible with the metal and screws fixed. Radiochromic films were used for dosimetry. The bone and metal were inserted through the film at the center symmetrically. This was then placed in a small jig (7 cm × 7 cm × 10 cm) to hold the film vertically straight. The polymer granules (tissue-equivalent) were placed around the film for homogeneous scatter medium. The film was irradiated with 6 MV X-rays for 200 monitor units in Trilogy linear accelerator for 10 cm × 10 cm field size with source to axis distance of 100 cm at 5 cm. A single film was also irradiated without any bone and metal interface for reference data. The absolute dose and the vertical dose profile were measured from the film. There was 10% dose enhancement due to the backscatter radiation just adjacent to the metal-bone interface for all the materials. The extent of the backscatter effect was up to 4 mm. There is significant higher dose enhancement in the soft tissue/skin due to the backscatter radiation from the metallic components in the treatment region.

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