Physics and biology of ultrahigh dose-rate (FLASH) radiotherapy: a topical review

N Esplen, MS Mendonca… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Ultrahigh dose-rate radiotherapy (RT), or'FLASH'therapy, has gained significant momentum
following various in vivo studies published since 2014 which have demonstrated a reduction …

Report of AAPM task group 235 radiochromic film dosimetry: an update to TG‐55

A Niroomand‐Rad, ST Chiu‐Tsao, MP Grams… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The use of radiochromic film (RCF) dosimetry in radiation therapy is extensive due to its high
level of achievable accuracy for a wide range of dose values and its suitability under a …

A review on radiochromic film dosimetry for dose verification in high energy photon beams

T Santos, T Ventura, M do Carmo Lopes - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
A dosimetry system composed by Gafchromic™ EBT films and a flatbed document scanner
is a valuable tool for patient-specific quality assurance (QA) of complex external beam …

Characteristic of EBT-XD and EBT3 radiochromic film dosimetry for photon and proton beams

S Khachonkham, R Dreindl, G Heilemann… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Recently, a new type of radiochromic film, the EBT-XD film, has been introduced for high
dose radiotherapy. The EBT-XD film contains the same structure as the EBT3 film but has a …

Diamond detectors for radiotherapy X-ray small beam dosimetry

C Talamonti, K Kanxheri, S Pallotta, L Servoli - Frontiers in Physics, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Many new X-Ray treatment machines using small and/or non-standard radiation fields, eg,
Tomotherapy, Cyber-knife, and linear accelerators equipped with high-resolution multi-leaf …

Different dosimeters/detectors used in small-field dosimetry: Pros and cons

W Parwaie, S Refahi, MA Ardekani… - Journal of Medical …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
With the advent of complex and precise radiation therapy techniques, the use of relatively
small fields is needed. Using such field sizes can cause uncertainty in dosimetry; therefore …

Influence of heterogeneous media on Very High Energy Electron (VHEE) dose penetration and a Monte Carlo-based comparison with existing radiotherapy modalities

A Lagzda, D Angal-Kalinin, J Jones… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper we investigate the dosimetric effects target inhomogeneities on VHEE (Very
High Energy Electron) beam dose profiles. Dose profile sensitivity to high and low density …

Magnetic fields are causing small, but significant changes of the radiochromic EBT3 film response to 6 MV photons

B Delfs, AA Schoenfeld, D Pop**a… - Physics in Medicine …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
The optical density (OD) of EBT3 radiochromic films (Ashland Specialty Ingredients,
Bridgewater, NJ, USA) exposed to absorbed doses to water up to D= 20 Gy in magnetic …

Laser–solid interaction studies enabled by the new capabilities of the iP2 BELLA PW beamline

S Hakimi, L Obst-Huebl, A Huebl, K Nakamura… - Physics of …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
The new capabilities of the short focal length, high intensity beamline, named iP2, at the
BELLA Center will extend the reach of research in high energy density science, including …

Response characterization of EBT‐XD radiochromic films in megavoltage photon and electron beams

EY León‐Marroquín, D Mulrow, A Darafsheh… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the beam quality dependence of the
EBT‐XD radiochromic films for megavoltage photon and electron beam irradiations by …