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Title | ||
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Feasibility study on development of Cerenkov fiber-optic dosimeter for radiotherapy application. |
Abstract | ||
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To obtain real-time dose information in photon-beam therapy using a clinical linear accelerator, we fabricated a novel Cerenkov fiber-optic dosimeter using two plastic optical fibers without employing a scintillator. In this study, the light intensity and spectrum of Cerenkov radiation induced by a high-energy photon beam were measured as functions of the irradiation angle and the length difference between the two plastic optical fibers in the dosimeter probe. Also, we obtained a percentage depth dose curve for a 6 MV photon beam with a field size of 10 × 10 cm(2) according to the depth of the solid water phantom. Based on the results of this study, it is anticipated that the proposed Cerenkov fiber-optic dosimeter can be developed as a useful dosimeter to accurately obtain dose information prior to conducting radiotherapy. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2013 | 10.1109/EMBC.2013.6609542 | EMBC |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
scintillation counters,percentage depth dose curve,length difference,radiation therapy,dosimeter probe,cherenkov radiation,cerenkov radiation spectrum,photon-beam therapy,cherenkov counters,solid water phantom depth,light intensity,irradiation angle,dosimeters,cerenkov fiber-optic dosimeter,optical fibres,field size,high-energy photon beam,dosimetry,scintillator,radiotherapy application,plastic optical fibers,clinical linear accelerator,voltage 6 mv,real-time dose information,linear accelerators,phantoms,scintillation,real-time systems,length measurement,optical fibers,real time systems,photonics | Quartz fiber dosimeter,Optical fiber,Dosimeter,Dosimetry,Optics,Scintillation counter,Scintillator,Percentage depth dose curve,Linear particle accelerator,Physics | Conference |
Volume | ISSN | Citations |
2013 | 1557-170X | 0 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.34 | 0 | 11 |