Luminescence dosimetry

EG Yukihara, SWS McKeever, CE Andersen… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Luminescence dosimetry is the process of quantifying the absorbed dose of ionizing
radiation using detectors that exhibit luminescence. The luminescence intensity scales with …

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 …

A swallowable X-ray dosimeter for the real-time monitoring of radiotherapy

B Hou, L Yi, D Hu, Z Luo, D Gao, C Li, B **ng… - Nature Biomedical …, 2023 - nature.com
Monitoring X-ray radiation in the gastrointestinal tract can enhance the precision of
radiotherapy in patients with gastrointestinal cancer. Here we report the design and …

GEC-ESTRO ACROP prostate brachytherapy guidelines

A Henry, BR Pieters, FA Siebert, P Hoskin - Radiotherapy and Oncology, 2022 - Elsevier
This is an evidence-based guideline for prostate brachytherapy. Throughout levels of
evidence quoted are those from the Oxford Centre for Evidence based Medicine …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] In vivo dosimetry in brachytherapy: Requirements and future directions for research, development, and clinical practice

GP Fonseca, JG Johansen, RL Smith… - Physics and imaging in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Brachytherapy can deliver high doses to the target while sparing healthy tissues due to its
steep dose gradient leading to excellent clinical outcome. Treatment accuracy depends on …

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 …

Advancements in brachytherapy

K Tanderup, C Ménard, C Polgar… - Advanced drug delivery …, 2017 - Elsevier
Brachytherapy is a radiotherapy modality associated with a highly focal dose distribution.
Brachytherapy treats the cancer tissue from the inside, and the radiation does not travel …

Optically stimulated luminescence of MgB4O7: Ce, Li for gamma and neutron dosimetry

EG Yukihara, BA Doull, T Gustafson, LC Oliveira… - Journal of …, 2017 - Elsevier
The objective of this work was to develop a new optically stimulated luminescence (OSL)
material for dosimetry applications that is tissue equivalent and has high sensitivity to …

In vivo dosimetry: trends and prospects for brachytherapy

G Kertzscher, A Rosenfeld, S Beddar… - The British journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The error types during brachytherapy (BT) treatments and their occurrence rates are not well
known. The limited knowledge is partly attributed to the lack of independent verification …