RT - Journal Article T1 - Influence of Compensator Thickness and Field Size on the Effective Attenuation Coefficient of a Brass Compensator for Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy JF - sjimu YR - 2016 JO - sjimu VO - 24 IS - 4 UR - http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-2815-en.html SP - 61 EP - 70 K1 - Intensity modulated radiation therapy K1 - Compensators K1 - Brass K1 - Effective attenuation coefficient AB - One of the intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) methods is based on using compensators. The most important factor in designing a compensator is the accurate calculation of its thickness to achieve the intensity modulation of interest. To achieve that, the exact attenuation coefficient of compensator materials must be calculated.Using MapCHECK 2 model 1177 and phantom (SP34). We studied the effect of compensator thickness and field size on the calculation of the effective attenuation coefficient (EAC) of the brass compensator for 6-MV photon beams. Experimental measurements were carried out at 100 cm source-to-surface distance and 5 cm depth for the 6-MV photon beams of an Elekta linac using various field size and compensator thickness. The field sizes investigated ranged from 1×1 cm2 to 20×20 cm2 and the brass compensator thickness from 0.5-6 cm. Our results indicated that the compensator thickness and field size have the most significant effect on the calculation of the compensator EAC for the 6-MV photon beam and also these parameters can reduce the error due to delivered dose to target volume and organs at risk. LA eng UL http://sjimu.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-2815-en.html M3 10.18869/acadpub.sjimu.24.4.61 ER -