Zeiss INTRABEAM, Instructions For Use Manual

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INTRABEAM Water Phantom
Version 6.2
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Preparatory workflow .....................................................................24
Setting up the water phantom .................................................................. 25
Filling the water tank ................................................................................ 25
Insert the IC ionization chamber in the measuring chamber. ..................... 25
Close the measuring chamber again. ........................................................ 26
Reattach the covers of the water tank properly......................................... 27
Water phantom, fully equipped, acclimatizing .......................................... 27
Operation
Measurement workflow ..................................................................29
Checklist ..........................................................................................32
Measuring the depth dose curve without
spherical applicator .........................................................................33
Inserting the XRS 4 in the water phantom ................................................ 33
Positioning the probe tip for recording the depth dose curve.................... 35
Positioning the probe tip exactly using the current measurement.............. 36
Measuring the depth dose curve............................................................... 43
Determining the temperature of the IC ionization chamber....................... 44
INTRABEAM 600....................................................................................... 46
Measuring the depth dose with the INTRABEAM 600 ............................... 46
Calculating the dose rate .......................................................................... 50
Important information on dose rate values ............................................... 51
Measuring the depth dose curve with spherical applicator..............53
Inserting the spherical applicator in the INTRABEAM Water Phantom ....... 53
Positioning the spherical applicator with the XRS probe in the
Z direction ................................................................................................ 55
Measuring the depth dose curve, with spherical applicator and
XRS probe................................................................................................. 55