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 …

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 …

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 …

Performance of the HYPERSCINT scintillation dosimetry research platform for the 1.5 T MR-linac

P Uijtewaal, B Côté, T Foppen, W de Vries… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. Adaptive radiotherapy techniques available on the MR-linac, such as daily plan
adaptation, gating, and dynamic tracking, require versatile dosimetric detectors to validate …

Fabrication of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) hydrophilic surfaces using combined offset-tool-servo flycutting and hot embossing methods

J Wang, Y Wang, G Zhang, B Xu, Z Zhao, T Yin - Polymers, 2023 - mdpi.com
Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) is a material with good surface wettability and has unique
and widespread applications in industrial fields. However, fabricating this material in an …

Inorganic scintillation detectors for 192Ir brachytherapy

G Kertzscher, S Beddar - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Many brachytherapy (BT) errors could be detected with real-time in vivo dosimetry
technology. Inorganic scintillation detectors (ISDs) have demonstrated promising …

The visible signal responsible for proton therapy dosimetry using bare optical fibers is not Čerenkov radiation

A Darafsheh, R Taleei, A Kassaee, JC Finlay - Medical Physics, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Proton beam dosimetry using bare plastic optical fibers has emerged as a simple
approach to proton beam dosimetry. The source of the signal in this method has been …

High spatial resolution scintillator dosimetry of synchrotron microbeams

J Archer, E Li, J Davis, M Cameron, A Rosenfeld… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Microbeam radiation therapy is a novel pre-clinical external beam therapy that uses high-
brilliance synchrotron X-rays to deliver the necessary high dose rates. The unique …

Proton therapy dosimetry using the scintillation of the silica fibers

A Darafsheh, R Taleei, A Kassaee, JC Finlay - Optics Letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We investigate the feasibility of proton therapy dose measurement by using scintillation of a
bare silica glass fiber. The emission spectra of the optical fiber at various depths in tissue …

Optimization of a multipoint plastic scintillator dosimeter for high dose rate brachytherapy

HM Linares Rosales, P Duguay‐Drouin… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose This study is devoted to optimizing and characterizing the response of a multipoint
plastic scintillator detector (mPSD) for application to in vivo dosimetry in high dose rate …