Influence of the beam size radiation on the depth dose by using 60Co

Abstract EN

Radiotherapy is medical use of ionizing radiation, and commonly applied to the cancerous tumor because of its ability to control cell growth.

The amount of radiation used in photon radiation therapy called dose (measured in grey unit), which depend on the type and stage of cancer being treated.

In our work, we studied the dose distribution given to the tumor at different depths (zero-20 cm) treated with different field size (4 × 4- 23 × 23 cm).

Results show that the deeper treated area has less dose rate at the same beam quality and quantity.

Also it has been noted increasing in the field increasing in the depth dose at the same depth even if the radiation energy is constant.

Increasing in radiation dose attributed to the scattered radiation, which is expected, proportionately with increase in the beam size.

The aim of work studies the relationship between the depth dose and the radiation source beam size.