Dosimetry for FLASH radiotherapy: a review of tools and the role of radioluminescence and Cherenkov emission

MR Ashraf, M Rahman, R Zhang, BB Williams… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
While spatial dose conformity delivered to a target volume has been pushed to its practical
limits with advanced treatment planning and delivery, investigations in novel temporal dose …

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 …

Spectral method for the correction of the Cerenkov light effect in plastic scintillation detectors: a comparison study of calibration procedures and validation in Cerenkov …

M Guillot, L Gingras, L Archambault, S Beddar… - Medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The purposes of this work were:(1) To determine if a spectral method can
accurately correct the Cerenkov light effect in plastic scintillation detectors (PSDs) for …

Projection imaging of photon beams using Čerenkov-excited fluorescence

AK Glaser, SC Davis, WHA Voigt… - Physics in Medicine …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Full 3D beam profiling and quality assurance (QA) of therapeutic megavoltage linear
accelerator (LINAC) x-ray photon beams is not routinely performed due to the slow point-by …

Characterization of a new scintillation imaging system for proton pencil beam dose rate measurements

M Rahman, P Brůža, KM Langen… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The goal of this work was to create a technique that could measure all possible spatial and
temporal delivery rates used in pencil-beam scanning (PBS) proton therapy. The proposed …

Quality assurance in proton beam therapy using a plastic scintillator and a commercially available digital camera

M Almurayshid, Y Helo, A Kacperek… - Journal of Applied …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose In this article, we evaluate a plastic scintillation detector system for quality
assurance in proton therapy using a BC‐408 plastic scintillator, a commercial camera, and a …

Novel, full 3D scintillation dosimetry using a static plenoptic camera

M Goulet, M Rilling, L Gingras, S Beddar… - Medical …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Patient‐specific quality assurance (QA) of dynamic radiotherapy delivery would
gain from being performed using a 3D dosimeter. However, 3D dosimeters, such as gels …

Quenching correction for volumetric scintillation dosimetry of proton beams

D Robertson, D Mirkovic, N Sahoo… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Volumetric scintillation dosimetry has the potential to provide fast, high-resolution, three-
dimensional radiation dosimetry. However, scintillators exhibit a nonlinear response at the …

Optical artefact characterization and correction in volumetric scintillation dosimetry

D Robertson, C Hui, L Archambault… - Physics in Medicine …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The goals of this study were (1) to characterize the optical artefacts affecting measurement
accuracy in a volumetric liquid scintillator detector, and (2) to develop methods to correct for …

Verification of proton range, position, and intensity in IMPT with a 3D liquid scintillator detector system

L Archambault, F Poenisch, N Sahoo… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Intensity‐modulated proton therapy (IMPT) using spot scanned proton beams
relies on the delivery of a large number of beamlets to shape the dose distribution in a highly …