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Midterm Exam Flashcards

1
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What is Roentgen?

A

Unit of exposure in air

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2
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What is a Rad?

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Radiation Absorbed Dose

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3
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What is an f factor?

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Roentgen to cGy conversion factor

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4
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What factors affect the f factor?

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Machine Energy and Density of Material

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5
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1 Rad =

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1 cGy

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1 Roentgen (R) =

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2.58 x 10^-4 Coulombs/kilogram of air

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7
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D/max

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Depth of maximum absorbed dose and ionization

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8
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What is the Dmax of a 6 Mv beam?

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1.5 cm below the skin

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9
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What is the Dmax of a Co-60 beam?

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0.5 cm below the skin

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What is the Dmax of a 10 Mv beam?

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2.5 cm below the skin

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What is the Dmax of a 18 Mv beam?

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3.5 below the skin

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12
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What is the Dmax of a Orthovoltage machine?

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On the surface of the skin

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13
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What affects Dmax? Explain how.

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Beam Energy, as your increase in beam energy then Dmax goes deeper in the patient

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14
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What is a Half Value Layer?

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Some thickness of a material that decrease the beam intensity by half its value

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15
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How much of the beam remains after 1 HVL?

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50%

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16
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How much of the beam remains after 2 HVL?

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25%

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17
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How much of the beam remains after 3 HVL?

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12.5%

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18
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How much of the beam remains after 4 HVL?

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6.25%

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19
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What is the Isocenter?

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A point of intersection of the collimator axis and gantry axis rotation

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20
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What is erythema?

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Skin reddening

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21
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What is an Erythema dose?

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The dose amount, which when given with cause skin reddening

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22
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What is bolus?

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tissue equivalent material utilized during treatments to raise the dose higher on the skin

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23
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What is the requirement to be considered bolus?

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have the same density as tissue

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24
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What are the 5 common materials utilized as bolus?

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Rice, Superflab, Water, superstuff, Wax

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25
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What is SSD?

A

Source to Skin distance

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26
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What is SAD? Explain its relationship to SSD.

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Source to Axis Distance. SAD is the distance that includes the SSD and Depth of isocenter.

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27
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What is the simple equation involving SSD used to find SAD?

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SSD + Depth = SAD

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28
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What are the 6 machine types? (Remember mnemonic)

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Grenz, Contact, Superficial, Orthovoltage, Supervoltage, Megavoltage

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29
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What is the range of voltage for Grenz Ray Therapy?

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Greater than or equal to 10-15 KvP

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30
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What is the range of voltage for Contact Therapy?

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40-50 KvP

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31
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What is the range of voltage for Superficial Therapy?

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50-150 KvP

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32
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What is the range of voltage for Orthovoltage Therapy?

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150-500 KvP

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33
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What is the range of voltage for Supervoltage Therapy?

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500-1000 KvP

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34
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What is the range of voltage for Megavoltage Therapy?

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Greater than 1 Mv

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35
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What machines have their Dmax on the Skin?

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All except for Megavoltage, Mv is beneath the patients skin.

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36
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What is the name of the orthovoltage filter and what are the elements in the correct order from patient to end of the filter?

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Thoreaus Filter, Aluminum, Copper and Tin

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37
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Which machines measure their HVL in Aluminum?

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Grenz, Contact, and Superficial

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38
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Which machines measure their HVL in Copper?

A

Orthovoltage

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39
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Which machines measure their HVL in Lead?

A

Megavoltage

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40
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When is the Grenz ray beam almost fully absorbed?

41
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When is the Contact ray beam almost fully absorbed?

42
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At what distance is the orthovoltage beam 90%?

43
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What depth of tumors is superficial therapy common use for?

A

no greater than 5 mm

44
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What are some examples of Megavoltage machines?

A

Linac, Co-60, Cyclotron, Betatron,

45
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What is Inverse Square Law?

A

Law that supports the intensity of a beam is inversely proportional to the square of the distance`

46
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What is Divergence?

A

As beam travel, they begin to spread out or “Diverge”

47
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Whats is the relation behind Divergence?

A

Directly Proportional

48
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What is the inverse square law formula used to calculate?

A

the intensity of the beam

49
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What is the divergence formula used to calculate?

A

the size of the radiation field

50
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What is an equivalent square?

A

a method of finding an approximate equivalent field size size

51
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What is Back Scatter Factor?

A

Amount of radiation scattered “back” adding to the skin dose, its a ratio of dose with a scattering medium to dose at the same distance from the radiation without a scattering medium

52
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What is the other name for Back Scatter factor for Linacs?

A

Peak Scatter Factor

53
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What is the relation between Back Scatter Factor and Tissue Air Ratio (TAR?

A

Back Scatter factor is equivalent to the TAR at Dmax

54
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What is BSF affected by?

A

Beam Energy, Field size,

55
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As Beam energy increases, what happens to BSF?

56
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As Field Size increases, what happens to BSF?

57
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What is BSF NOT affected by?

58
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How do you calculate BSF at a different distance?

A

Use the inverse square to calculate the change in dose,

59
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What is Percent Depth Dose or PDD?

A

The ratio of dose at depth compared to the depth at Dmax

60
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What is the PDD for any field size, SDD or Beam energy at Dmax?

61
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What factors affect PDD?

A

Beam Energy, Field Size, SSD, Treatment Depth

62
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What happens to PDD, when SSD increases?

A

PDD Increases

63
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What happens to PDD, when Beam Energy decreases?

A

PDD decreases (Less Penetration)

64
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What happens to PDD, when Field Size increases?

A

PDD increase (More Scatter)

65
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What happens to PDD, when treatment depth increases?

A

PDD Increases (Going deeper into patient)

66
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What is Mayneord’s F Factor?

A

the formula used to adjust the PDD when there is a change in the SSD. ITS AN APPLICATION OF INVERSE SQUARE LAW

67
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What is an application of Inverse Square Law?

A

Mayneord’s F Factor

68
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Where should Machine output be measured for PDD MU calculations?

A

Treatment SSD + D/max

69
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Where is the field size measured at for PDD MU calculations?

A

On the skin

70
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What does Sp stand for?

A

Phantom/Patient scatter

71
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What does Sc stand for?

A

Collimator Scatter

72
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What happens to Output factors when the field size is greater than 10x10?

A

Factor increases (More Scatter)

73
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What happens to Output factors when the field size is less than 10x10?

A

Factor Decreases (Less Scatter)

74
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What are some other names for Total dose at Dmax?

A

Applied Dose, Given Dose, Incident Dose

75
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How is Low Energy machine’s output calculated?

A

Low energy machine utilize time in mins and seconds

76
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How is High Energy machine’s output calculated?

A

Using Monitor Units

77
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What is a monitor unit?

A

A unit of output measure

78
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What is machine output?

A

dose from a machine, can be measured in air or in phantom using reference field and known distance.

79
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What is the common reference field size used?

80
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What is the common reference output used for Linacs?

A

1.0 cGy/MU

81
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What is output factor?

A

a factor that account for a change in scatter when the field size is different than reference field size.

82
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What is described as the ratio of dose of a given field size to dose of the reference field size?

A

Output factor

83
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What is the total D/max dose?

A

Entrance dose + Exit dose

84
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What is Tissue Air Ratio (TAR)?

A

Ratio of absorbed dose in a given depth to the absorbed dose at the same distance in air.

85
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Who developed TAR?

A

Johns for use in rotational therapy

86
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What does equally weighted fields mean?

A

same dose from each field (Ex: 100 cGy tx, with 2 Equally weighted fields = 2x 50 cGy fields)

87
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What does unequal weighted fields mean?

A

Different doses from each field (Ex: 100 cGy tx, with 2 UNequally weighted fields = 1 x 60 cGy field + 1 x 40 cGy field)

88
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What is the simple equation for TAR?

A

Dose (tissue) / Dose (air)

89
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What factors affect TAR?

A

Beam Energy, Field Size, Treatment Depth

90
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What factors DO NOT affect TAR?

91
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As Beam energy increases, what happens to TAR?

92
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As field size increases, what happens to TAR?

93
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As Treatment depth increases, what happens to TAR?

A

decrease (deeper into patient)

94
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For TAR MU calculations, where should machine output be measured?

A

Treatment SAD

95
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For TAR MU calculations, where should field size be measured?

A

Treatment SAD

96
Q

What is any treatment less than 360 degrees?

97
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What is any treatment that is 360 degrees?

A

Rotational

98
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Why is Sc only used in the TAR MU calculations?

A

Sp is built into the TAR table

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