Program Overview

Program Overview

The Practical Accelerator Dosimetry Course (PADC) is a comprehensive program designed to provide participants with in-depth knowledge and practical experience in accelerator dosimetry. The course is limited to a maximum of 5 participants.

Course Details

Location and Schedule

The course will be held at Build. 313, DTU Ris½ Campus, Frederiksborgvej 399, Roskilde, approximately 40 km from Copenhagen Airport. The course schedule is as follows:

• Day 1: 10:00 to 16:00
• Day 2: 9:00 to 16:00
• Day 3: 9:00 to 16:00

Special Facilities

The course will utilize the following special facilities:

• Terabalt cobalt source
• Varian Truebeam linear accelerator

Course Contents

The course will cover the following topics:

• Practical demonstrations and measurements in cobalt and megavoltage linac beams
• Lectures on the IAEA TRS-398 (MV photon and electron reference dosimetry) and TRS-483 code of practices and the main theory behind
• Small field dosimetry
• FFF dosimetry
• Dosimetry in strong magnetic fields
• Effective point of measurement
• Volume averaging
• Initial and general recombination
• Polarity effect
• Dose per pulse measurements
• Beam qualifier measurement
• Alanine solid-state dosimetry
• Electrometer and ionization chamber details
• Cables (leakage and guarding)
• Phantoms
• Humidity, temperature, and pressure
• Scattered radiation
• Activation related to photo-nuclear reactions in MV photo beams
• Metrology: How to read a calibration certificate, ISO-17025 accreditation, understanding uncertainty and traceability
• Details of the DTU calibration services of ionization chambers and electrometers

Preparation and Supplementary Material

Participants are expected to familiarize themselves with the following materials:

• TRS-398
• TRS-483
• "Fundamentals of Ionizing Radiation Dosimetry" book by Andreo, Burns, Nahum, Seuntjens, and Attix (2017)

Course Material

Participants will receive the following course materials:

• Slides in handy printout format
• Slides in PDF format

Admission and Fees

Registration Deadline

The deadline for registration is 30 days before the course start date. A minimum of 3 participants is required for the course to run.

Tuition Fee

The tuition fee for the course is 14,900 DKK (approximately 2,000 EUR), excluding VAT.