US 7,605,365 B2Granted

Water phantom with fixed water level for measuring dose of ionizing radiation absorbed to water and the method thereof

AssigneeInstitute of Nuclear Energy Research Atomic Energy Council, Executive Yuan

InventorsChun-Liang Chen, Shi-Hwa Su

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Abstract

A water phantom structure with fixed water level for measuring dose of ionizing radiation absorbed to water and the method thereof are disclosed, in which the water phantom structure comprises: a tank, enclosed by four wall plates and a bottom plates, all made of an isohydric material, and having 95% of its volume to be filled with a water solution; a concave lid, being a plate configured with a fillister and made of an isohydric material to be placed in the tank while floating on the water solution for settling the water level of the water solution from undulating and thus capable of acting as a reference water level; and a moving device. The aforesaid water phantom structure can be applied in operations for measuring or calibrating output radiation doses emitted from devices such as medical gamma-ray radiation devices or linear accelerators, using which the measurement will not be interfered by the undulation of water level commonly seen in those conventional water phantom since the aforesaid water phantom structure is able to provide a fixed water level by suppressing such undulation with the concave lid.

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Dependent claims

A water phantom structure with fixed water level for measuring dose of ionizing radiation absorbed to water, comprising:

a tank, configured with an opening on top thereof for receiving a water solution;
at least a servo motor, for providing a driving force;
an ionization chamber, connected to a static electrometer which is further connected to a high voltage source for using the high voltage of the high voltage source to cause a current to be generated in the ionization chamber as soon as the ionization chamber is irradiated by a radiation, causing an ionization reaction in the ionization chamber, while enabling the static electrometer to measure a signal relating to the current of the ionization reaction;
a clipping device, for clasping the ionization chamber and being connected to the at least one servo motor in a manner that it is driven to move by the driving force of the servo motor and thus bring along the ionization chamber to move in the tank accordingly;
and
a lid, capable of being placed in the tank while floating on the water solution for defining a reference water level thereby;
wherein, the area of the reference water level defined by the lid is larger than the allowable moving range of the ionization chamber.

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