Evaluation of a special parallel-plate ionization chamber for mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis dosimetry
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2024
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A special parallel-plate ionization chamber, developed at the Calibration Laboratory of IPEN (LCI), was
tested to verify the possibility of its application in mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis
dosimetry. It has a rectangular box geometric shape (146 mm x 46.4 mm x 24 mm), a sensitive length of
10 cm, and a sensitive volume of 3.2 cm3. The chamber wall is made of PMMA, its collecting electrode is
made of graphite, and its chamber window is a Mylar foil. The chamber was submitted to several
characterization and quality control tests: leakage current, short- and medium-term stabilities, stabilization
time, saturation, ion collection efficiency, polarity effect, linearity of response, and angular dependence.
The maximum value observed in the leakage current test was 0.53% so within the recommended limit of
±5% by the IEC 61674 standard. In the short-term stability test, the highest coefficient of variation
obtained was 0.17%. This value satisfies the IEC 61674 standard requirements (±3%). The maximum
value observed in the medium-term stability was below the recommended limit of ±2%. For the
stabilization time test, the difference between the ionization currents obtained between 15 min and 60 min
after switching on the measuring system was only 0.62%. This result is within the recommended limits of
±2% of response variation, according to the IEC 61674 standard requirements. In the saturation test, it was
achieved in the whole voltage interval evaluated. For all pairs of voltages tested during the saturation
determination, the polarity effect was within the recommended limit of ±1%, as stated by IEC 61674. The
ion collection efficiency, in turn, was better than 99.99%. The special ionization chamber presented a
linear behavior, with a regression coefficient of R2 = 0.9999. In the angular test, the maximum variation
obtained was only 1.7%, so below the 3% recommended by the IEC 61674 standard. Results will also be
presented about the energy dependence of the ionization chamber response in standard direct and
attenuated mammography beams.
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SOARES, CLIMERIO S.; CALDAS, LINDA V.E. Evaluation of a special parallel-plate ionization chamber for mammography and digital breast tomosynthesis dosimetry. In: SIMPOSIO REPROLAM, 1st, November 5-8, 2024, Recife, PE. Abstract... Disponível em: https://repositorio.ipen.br/handle/123456789/48879. Acesso em: 30 Dec 2025.
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