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Week 2 - Calc Practice Problems
Week 2 - Calc Practice Problems
b. 240
c. 230
d. 220
e. 210
7. A patients treatment time is calculated for 80 cm SSD, for a dose to dmax on a 60Co unit of 100
cGy. The ODI is faulty and the patient is actually set-up at 78 cm SSD. What is the actual dose at
dmax?
8. 6MV 2500 Linear Accelerator. Calculate the number of MUs to deliver 180cGy to a depth of 10
cm for a 10 x 10 cm field at 100 cm SSD (%DD = 67.4%, Sp = 1.000, Sc = 1.000, dmax = 1.6cm
1cGy/mu, SAD factor = 1.000): (Why the SAD factor? Its a trick. Only use what you need.
You need to get familiar with seeing a problem like this and knowing what to use for problem
solving.)
9. Calculate the number of MU to deliver 200 cGy of 9 MeV electrons to dmax (2.0cm) for a 15 x
15 cone at 110 cm SSD. 1cGy/mu. %DD = 100%. 15 x 15 output = 0.935. Use effective SSD of
88cm.
Calculate the gap factor =
Calculate the MU setting =
10. The %DD for 15 x 15 field size, 10 cm depth, 80 cm SSD is 58.4% (60Co). Find the %DD for the
same field size and depth for 100 cm SSD.
11. If the dose rate in free space at a distance of 80.5 cm is 122.2 cGy/min, what would be the dose
rate in free space at 100.5 cm?
b. a. 190.5 cGy/min
cGy/min
b. 152.6 cGy/min
c. 78.4 cGy/min
d. 97.9
12. If the dose rate in free space at a distance of 100cm is 200cGy/min, how far do I need to be from
the source so the dose rate does not exceed 10cGy/min?
13. For an SSD treatment with a 6MV x-ray beam, what is the MU setting to deliver 300cGy at the
98% isodose line for a 15x15 field size at 10cm depth? (PDD(10)=70%, Sc=1.03, Sp=1.026,
Dmax=1cGy/MU @ 100cm SSD)?
14. In regards to question #13: What is the given dose (dose at Dmax)? What is the dose at 20cm
deep? (PDD (20cm) = 40%)?