In vivo dosimetry in external beam radiotherapy

B Mijnheer, S Beddar, J Izewska, C Reft - Medical physics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In vivo dosimetry (IVD) is in use in external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) to detect major errors,
to assess clinically relevant differences between planned and delivered dose, to record …

Review of plastic and liquid scintillation dosimetry for photon, electron, and proton therapy

L Beaulieu, S Beddar - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
While scintillation dosimetry has been around for decades, the need for a dosimeter tailored
to the reality of modern radiation therapy—in particular a real-time, water-equivalent, energy …

Optical dosimetry of radiotherapy beams using Cherenkov radiation: the relationship between light emission and dose

AK Glaser, R Zhang, DJ Gladstone… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent studies have proposed that light emitted by the Cherenkov effect may be used for a
number of radiation therapy dosimetry applications. There is a correlation between the …

Characterization of the Exradin W1 scintillator for use in radiotherapy

P Carrasco, N Jornet, O Jordi, M Lizondo… - Medical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: To evaluate the main characteristics of the Exradin W1 scintillator as a dosimeter
and to estimate measurement uncertainties when used in radiotherapy. Methods: We …

A review of recent advances in optical fibre sensors for in vivo dosimetry during radiotherapy

S O'Keeffe, D McCarthy, P Woulfe… - The British journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
This article presents an overview of the recent developments and requirements in
radiotherapy dosimetry, with particular emphasis on the development of optical fibre …

A novel method for the determination of field output factors and output correction factors for small static fields for six diodes and a microdiamond detector in …

B Casar, E Gershkevitsh, I Mendez, S Jurković… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The goal of this work is to provide a large and consistent set of data for detector‐
specific output correction factors,, for small static fields for seven solid‐state detectors and to …

Monte Carlo simulated corrections for beam commissioning measurements with circular and MLC shaped fields on the CyberKnife M6 System: a study including diode …

P Francescon, W Kilby, JM Noll, L Masi… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Monte Carlo simulation was used to calculate correction factors for output factor (OF),
percentage depth-dose (PDD), and off-axis ratio (OAR) measurements with the CyberKnife …

Individual pulse monitoring and dose control system for pre-clinical implementation of FLASH-RT

MR Ashraf, M Rahman, X Cao, K Duval… - Physics in Medicine …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Existing ultra-high dose rate (UHDR) electron sources lack dose rate independent
dosimeters and a calibrated dose control system for accurate delivery. In this study, we aim …

On the nature of the light produced within PMMA optical light guides in scintillation fiber-optic dosimetry

F Therriault-Proulx, L Beaulieu… - Physics in Medicine …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The goal of this study was to evaluate the nature of the stem effect light produced within an
optical fiber, to quantify its composition, and to evaluate the efficiency of the chromatic …

A comparative study of small field total scatter factors and dose profiles using plastic scintillation detectors and other stereotactic dosimeters: the case of the …

J Morin, D Béliveau‐Nadeau, E Chung… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Small‐field dosimetry is challenging, and the main limitations of most dosimeters
are insufficient spatial resolution, water nonequivalence, and energy dependence. The …