Polymer gel dosimetry

C Baldock, Y De Deene, S Doran, G Ibbott… - Physics in Medicine …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Polymer gel dosimeters are fabricated from radiation sensitive chemicals which, upon
irradiation, polymerize as a function of the absorbed radiation dose. These gel dosimeters …

A systematic review of clinical applications of polymer gel dosimeters in radiotherapy

B Farhood, G Geraily, SMM Abtahi - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2019 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy has rapidly improved because of the use of new equipment and techniques.
Hence, the appeal for a feasible and accurate three-dimensional (3D) dosimetry system has …

Evaluation of the uncertainty in an EBT3 film dosimetry system utilizing net optical density

EYL Marroquin, JA Herrera Gonzalez… - Journal of applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Radiochromic film has become an important tool to verify dose distributions for intensity‐
modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and quality assurance (QA) procedures. A new radiochromic …

Polymer gel dosimeters with reduced toxicity: a preliminary investigation of the NMR and optical dose–response using different monomers

RJ Senden, P De Jean, KB McAuley… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
In this work, three new polymer gel dosimeter recipes were investigated that may be more
suitable for widespread applications than polyacrylamide gel dosimeters, since the …

Investigation of the PAGAT polymer gel dosimeter using magnetic resonance imaging

AJ Venning, B Hill, S Brindha, BJ Healy… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2005 - iopscience.iop.org
Investigation of the normoxic PAGAT polymer gel dosimeter has been undertaken. The
concentrations of the chemical components of the gel were varied and its response to …

Essential characteristics of polymer gel dosimeters

Y De Deene - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2004 - iopscience.iop.org
For a physical measurement instrument different requirements have to be fulfilled such as its
insensitivity to uncontrollable environmental parameters and its stability. On the other hand …

A review study on application of gel dosimeters in low energy radiation dosimetry

ZA Nezhad, G Geraily - Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 2022 - Elsevier
Introduction The accuracy of dose delivered to tumors and surrounding normal tissues is
vital in either radiotherapy using low energy photons and radiological techniques as well as …

[HTML][HTML] Measurement of the radiation dose and radiation isocenter of the TrueBeam accelerator using 3D polymer gel dosimeters from the VIPAR family with different …

M Kozicki, M Jaszczak, P Maras, S Kadlubowski - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
This work describes the measurements of the ionizing radiation dose and the determination
of the radiation isocenter using a tool consisting of three-dimensional polymer gel …

[ΒΙΒΛΙΟ][B] The physics of modern brachytherapy for oncology

D Baltas, L Sakelliou, N Zamboglou - 2006 - taylorfrancis.com
Brachytherapy has become the modality of choice for several cancer localizations,
minimizing the possibility of unacceptable risks for healthy tissues and providing a more cost …

Optimization of multiple spin–echo sequences for 3D polymer gel dosimetry

Y De Deene, C Baldock - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2002 - iopscience.iop.org
The overall performance of polymer gel dosimeters for three-dimensional radiation
dosimetry is determined by the temporal and spatial stability of the gels, dose sensitivity and …