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A new model of the telecobalt unit (TCU), Theratron Equinox-80, (MDS Nordion, Canada) equipped with a single 60 degree motorized wedge (MW), four universal wedges (UW) for 15o, 30o, 45o and 60o have been evaluated. MW was commissioned in Eclipse (Varian, Palo Alto, USA) 3D treatment planning system (TPS). The profiles and central axis depth doses (CADD) were measured with Wellhofer blue water phantom for MW and the measured data was commissioned in Eclipse. These profiles and CADD for MW were compared with UW in a homogeneous phantom generated in Eclipse for various field sizes. The dose was also calculated in the same phantom at 10 cm depth. For the particular MW angle and the respective open and MW beam weights, the dose was measured for a field size of 10 cm* 10 cm in a MEDTEC water phantom at 10 cm depth with a 0.13 cc thimble ion chamber (Scanditronix Wellhofer, Uppsala, Sweden) and a NE electrometer (Nuclear Enterprises, UK). Measured dose with ion chamber was compared with the TPS calculated dose. MW angle verification was also done on the Equinox for four angles (15o, 30o, 45o and 60o). The variation in measured and calculated dose at 10 cm depth was within 2%. The measured and the calculated wedge angles were in good agreement within 2o. The motorized wedges were successfully commissioned in Eclipse for four wedge angles.
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Kinhikar, R.A., Sharma, S., Upreti, R. et al. Commissioning of motorized wedge for the first Equinox-80 telecobalt unit and implementation in the Eclipse 3D treatment planning system. Australas. Phys. Eng. Sci. Med. 30, 127–134 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03178417
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