<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This work presents recombination methods used for secondary radiation measurements at the Facility for Proton Radiotherapy of Eye Cancer at the Institute for Nuclear Physics, IFJ, in Krakow (Poland). The measurements of <italic>H</italic>*(10) were performed, with REM-2 tissue equivalent chamber in two halls of cyclotrons AIC-144 and Proteus C-235 and in the corridors close to treatment rooms. The measurements were completed by determination of gamma radiation component, using a hydrogen-free recombination chamber. The results were compared with the measurements using rem meter types FHT 762 (WENDI-II) and NM2 FHT 192 gamma probe and with stationary dosimetric system.</p></abstract>

This work presents recombination methods used for secondary radiation measurements at the Facility for Proton Radiotherapy of Eye Cancer at the Institute for Nuclear Physics, IFJ, in Krakow (Poland). The measurements of H*(10) were performed, with REM-2 tissue equivalent chamber in two halls of cyclotrons AIC-144 and Proteus C-235 and in the corridors close to treatment rooms. The measurements were completed by determination of gamma radiation component, using a hydrogen-free recombination chamber. The results were compared with the measurements using rem meter types FHT 762 (WENDI-II) and NM2 FHT 192 gamma probe and with stationary dosimetric system.

Ambient dose equivalent measurements in secondary radiation fields at proton therapy facility CCB IFJ PAN in Krakow using recombination chambers

Institute of Metrology and Biomedical Engineering, Warsaw University of Technology, 8 Św. A. Boboli Str., 02-525 Warsaw, Poland, Tel.: +48 22 234 8643, Fax: +48 22 849 0395

National Centre for Nuclear Research, 7 Andrzeja Sołtana Str., 05-400 Otwock/Świerk, Poland

The Henryk Niewodniczański Institute for Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Science, 152 Radzikowskiego Str., 31-342 Kraków, Poland

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This work presents recombination methods used for secondary radiation measurements at the Facility for Proton Radiotherapy of Eye Cancer at the Institute for...

Ambient dose equivalent measurements in secondary radiation fields at proton therapy facility CCB IFJ PAN in Krakow using recombination chambers

Published Online: Mar 17, 2016

Page range: 23 - 28

Received: Aug 27, 2014

Accepted: Jul 07, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2016-0006

Keywords
recombination chambers, workplace monitoring, proton therapy

© 2016 Edyta A. Jakubowska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Ambient dose equivalent measurements in secondary radiation fields at proton therapy facility CCB IFJ PAN in Krakow using recombination chambers

Published Online: Mar 17, 2016

Page range: 23 - 28

Received: Aug 27, 2014

Accepted: Jul 07, 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/nuka-2016-0006

Keywordsrecombination chambers, workplace monitoring, proton therapy

© 2016 Edyta A. Jakubowska et al., published by De Gruyter Open

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
recombination chambers, workplace monitoring, proton therapy