Radiation Therapy

Activity No. 6

Name: IZZY MIE AMODIA Date: APRIL 22,2022

Objectives:
 To identify the following methods of treatment that are listed bellow; and
 To define the parameters that affects the beam isodose distribution.
Instructions:
 If using Microsoft word, use Times new roman 12; or
 You can write your answer in a short bond paper.
 Your answer should be legibly clear.
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ACTIVITY:

Define each;

I.
A. Single field treatment
-uses single photon field for superficial targets. The range of dose within
the tumor. The maximum dose in the tissue.

B. Parrallel opposed field treatment

-uses two identical beams aimed to each other from exactly opposite
direction.

C. Multiple field treatment

-used to produce uniform dose distributions.

D. Four field technique

-Uses two sets of opposed fields at right tangles, and used in pelvic
tumors.

E. Three field technique

-Uses anterior and two opposed lateral field, and used in pancreas,
bladder or rectum tumors.

F. Wedge fields
-A “beam modifying absorbers” and sometimes called filters. Used in
head and neck tumors.

G. Wedge filters
-Used to improve dose uniformity toward the target volume.

II.
 A. Iso center
- The Isocenter is the point in space where radiation beams intersect when the
Gantry is rotated during beam-on.

B. Isodose curve
- The Isodose curve is a dose distribution in the form of isodose curves or
surface showing regions of uniform dose, high dose, low dose. It produced by
measuring the dose distribution is a water phantum. They are lines passing
through points of equal dose. They are expressed as percentage of the dose at
a reference point. Thhey represents levels of absorbed dose.

III.
1. What are the parameters of isodose curve? And explain each.

 •Beam Quality- the central axis depth dose distribution depends on the beam energy.
As a result, the depth of a given isodose curve increases with beam quality. Beam energy
also influences isodose curve shape near the field borders. The absorbed dose in the
medium outside the primary beam is greater for such low-energy beams than for those of
higher-energy such as megavoltage beams.

 •Source Size, SSD, Source To Diaphragm Distance (SDD)- affect the shape of isodose
curves by virtue of the geometric penumbra. In addition, the SSD affects the percent depth
dose and therefore the depth of the isodose curves. The dose variation across the field
border is a complex function of beam energy, geometric penumbra, lateral scatter, and
collimation. In addition, as the beam energy increases in the megavoltage range, the lateral
dose variation near the field borders is made more gradual because of increase in the range
of laterally scattered electrons.

 •Beam Collimation- used here to designate not only the collimator blocks or multileaf
collimators that give shape and size to the beam, but also the flattening filter and other
absorbers or scatterers in the beam between the target and the patient. 

 •Field Size- Adequate dosimetric coverage of the tumor requires a determination of

appropriate field size. A certain isodose curve enclosing the treatment volume should be the
guide in choosing a field size rather than the geometric dimensions of the field.