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Clinical Radiation Generators Flashcards

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Two Major types of radiation generators

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Kilovoltage Theraphy Units

Megavoltage Theraphy Units

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machines that can generate xray voltages up to 300kVp

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Kilovoltage Theraphy Units

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Used up to about 1950

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Kilovoltage Theraphy Units

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Kilovoltage Theraphy Units is useful in the treatment of skin cancer extending no more than

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1 cm below the surface

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types of Kilovoltage Theraphy Units

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Grenz Ray
Contact Therapy
Superficial Therapy
Deep Therapy Unit

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German word which means border

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Grenz

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7
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Characteristic of Grenz Ray

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very soft xrays
operates below 20kV
very low depth penetration

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8
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Clinical Application of Grenz Ray

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Dermatological use

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9
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derived by the way the treatment unit actually came in contact with the patient

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Contact Therapy

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10
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Characteristic of contact therapy

potential

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40-50kV

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Characteristic of contact therapy

tube current

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2mA

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12
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Characteristic of contact therapy

SSD

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2cm or less

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13
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Characteristic of contact therapy

filter

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0.5 to 1mm thick aluminum

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14
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Clinical application of contact therapy

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tumors not deeper than 1mm

primarily used to treat superficial skin lesions

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15
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Characteristic of Superficial therapy

potential

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50-150kV

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Characteristic of Superficial therapy

tube current

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5-8 mA

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17
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Characteristic of Superficial therapy

SSD

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15 to 20 cm

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18
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Characteristic of Superficial therapy

filtration

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1-6mm aluminum

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19
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Clinical Application of Superficial therapy

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5mm depth

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20
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also called Orthovoltage

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Deep Therapy Units

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21
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Characteristic of Deep Therapy Units

potential

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150-500 kV

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22
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Characteristic of Deep Therapy Units

tube current

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10-20 mA

23
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Characteristic of Deep Therapy Units

SSD

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50cm

24
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Clinical Application of Deep Therapy Units

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tumors within 2cm depth

25
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Disadvantages of kV units

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large skin dose
poor depth dose distribution
increased absorbed dose in bone
increased scattering

26
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radiotherapy equipments that deliver beams with high dose rate in the multimillion volt range

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Megavoltage Therapy Units

27
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Telecurie therapy units use

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Radium 226
Cobalt 60
Cesium 137

28
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are emitted from these sources as they undergo radioactive disintegration

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Gamma (y) rays

29
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placed in contact with patient’s skin for treatment of underlying skin lesions

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brachytherapy

30
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larger amount of radium placed at some distance from the skin with subsequent improvement in depth dose

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teletherapy

31
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replace radium as the active source in telecurie units

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Cobalt 60

32
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advantages of cobalt 60

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higher specific activity
greater radiation output per curie
higher average photon energy

33
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relatively long half-life which promised to a desirable source

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cesium 137

34
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disadvantages of cesium 137

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limited specific activity limits its application to head and neck

35
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Clinical Application of cesium 137

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Used in head and neck

36
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electrostatic accelerator designed to acceleate electrons to produce high energy xrays typically at 2MV, but can generate beam energy of 10MV

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Van de Graaf Generator

37
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Machine capable of accelerating electrons to 2.3 MeV

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Betatron

38
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Operates on the principle that an electron on a changing magnetic field experiences acceleration in a circular orbit

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Betatron

39
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Can provide xray and electron therapy beams from less than 6 to more than 40 MeV

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Betatron

40
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uses high frequency electromagnetic waves to accelerate charged particles such as electrons to high energies through linear tube

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Linear Accelerator

41
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Used to treat superficial tumors or it can be made to strike a target to produce x-rays to treat deep seated tumors

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Linear Accelerator

42
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first linear accelerator was installed in

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Hammersmith Hospital in London, had an 8 MeV xray beam and limited gantry rotation

43
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An electron accelerator which combines the principles of both the linear accelerator and the cyclotron

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Microtron

44
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Capable of producing both x-rays and electron beams

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Microtron

45
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Source of high energy proton for proton beam therapy

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Cyclotron

46
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Other uses of Cyclotron

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generation of neutron beam

production of certain radionuclide

47
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cyclotron consists of short metallic cylinders divided into 2 sections

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Dees (Ds)

48
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Used to generate higher energy charged particles such as deuterons, protons and alpha particles

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Synchocyclotron

49
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Deuterons

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200 MeV

50
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Protons

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680 MeV

51
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Alpha particle

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400 MeV

52
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Machines designed to accelerate electrons and protons by means of radiofrequency-modulated magnetic field to compensate for the relativistic increase in particle mass

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Neutron Beam Generator

53
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Electron energies of 10 to 100 MeV results to energy in Giga or billion of electron volts

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Electron synchrotron

54
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Largest proton synchotron in Fermi Nat. Accelerator Lab can generate as much as

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400 GeV energy

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