Review of IAEA TRS-398 Code of Practice

Venue: RC 304

Coordinator:           Dr. Belal Moftah

Faculty:                    Prof. Saiful Huq, Dr. Belal Moftah

Course Aim

During the last three decades, the major emphasis in primary standards laboratories around the world has shifted from standards for exposure or air-kerma to those for absorbed dose to water. The rationale is to establish a better basis for dosimetry that relates directly to the quantity of interest in the clinic, absorbed dose to water. It is now recommended that clinical reference dosimetry be based on standards of absorbed dose to water. In 2000, the International Atomic Energy Agency, in collaboration with other international organizations (WHO, PAHO and ESTRO), published a code of practice for external beam radiotherapy dosimetry, based on standards of absorbed dose to water. One of the major goals of this international code of practice (IAEA TRS-398) was to establish uniformity for the dosimetry of all radiation beam types used in cancer therapy in most countries.

Target Audience

This course is aimed at radiation physicists interested in the process of Reference Dosimetry. Basic knowledge of radiation oncology and radiation physics is a prerequisite. Experience with radiation detectors and ionization chamber in particular will be an asset.

Lectures

1. Primary and Secondary Standards of Air-kerma and absorbed dose to water (Prof. Saiful Huq)
2. Cavity theory and Absorbed dose to water based formalism (Prof. Saiful Huq)
3. Implementation of ND,w based formalism I(Dr. Belal Moftah)
4. Implementation of ND,w based formalism II(Dr. Belal Moftah)
5. Calibration of High energy photons I (Prof. Saiful Huq)
6. Calibration of High energy photons II (Prof. Saiful Huq)
7. Calibration of High energy electrons I (Prof. Saiful Huq)
8. Calibration of High energy electrons II (Prof. Saiful Huq)
9. TRS Worksheets (WS) (Prof. Saiful Huq)
10. Relations and Calculations of TRS 398 Parameters (WS) (Prof. Saiful Huq)

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