6第四章放射治疗剂量计算体系.pptVIP

Chapter4 Dose calculation system Introduction Several methods are available for calculating absorbed dose in a patient. Two of these methods using percent depth doses(PDD) and tissue-air ratios(TAR) were discussed. However, there are some limitations to these methods. For example, the dependence of PDD on SSD makes this quantity unsuitable for isocentric techniques. Although TAR and SAR eliminate that problem, their application to beams of energy higher than those of 60Co has been seriously questioned as they require measurement of dose in free space. Introduction As the beam energy increase