Initial clinical experience of Cherenkov imaging in external beam radiation therapy identifies opportunities to improve treatment delivery

LA Jarvis, RL Hachadorian, M Jermyn, P Bruza… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Purpose The value of Cherenkov imaging as an on-patient, real-time, treatment delivery
verification system was examined in a 64-patient cohort during routine radiation treatments …

[HTML][HTML] Experimentally observed Cherenkov light generation in the eye during radiation therapy

II Tendler, A Hartford, M Jermyn, E LaRochelle… - International Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Patients have reported sensations of seeing light flashes during radiation therapy,
even with their eyes closed. These observations have been attributed to either direct …

Spatial and temporal dosimetry of individual electron FLASH beam pulses using radioluminescence imaging

M Rahman, MR Ashraf, R Zhang… - Physics in Medicine …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Purpose. In this study, spatio-temporal beam profiling for electron ultra-high dose rate
(UHDR;> 40 Gy s− 1) radiation via Cherenkov emission and radioluminescence imaging …

Recent advances and clinical applications of plastic scintillators in the field of radiation therapy

S Beddar, I Tendler, F Therriault-Proulx… - Plastic Scintillators …, 2021 - Springer
Within the last three decades, a lot of interest focused on the development of plastic
scintillators as new detectors for clinical applications for radiation therapy. During the period …

Cherenkov imaging for total skin electron therapy (TSET)

Y **e, H Petroccia, A Maity, T Miao, Y Zhu… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background Total skin electron therapy (TSET) utilizes high‐energy electrons to treat
malignancies on the entire body surface. The otherwise invisible radiation beam can be …

Review of Cherenkov imaging technology advances in radiotherapy: single-photon-level imaging in high ambient light and radiation backgrounds

A Parks, J Hallett, A Niver, R Zhang… - Biophotonics …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Significance Single-photon-level imaging has been utilized for decades in closed dark
environments; however, the utility for macroscopic imaging is more limited because it …

Assessment of imaging Cherenkov and scintillation signals in head and neck radiotherapy

DA Alexander, II Tendler, P Bruza, X Cao… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The goal of this study was to test the utility of time-gated optical imaging of head and neck
(HN) radiotherapy treatments to measure surface dosimetry in real-time and inform possible …

Scintillation imaging as a high‐resolution, remote, versatile 2D detection system for MR‐linac quality assurance

DA Alexander, R Zhang, P Brůža, BW Pogue… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To demonstrate the potential benefits of remote camera‐based scintillation imaging
for routine quality assurance (QA) measurements for magnetic resonance guided …

Electron beam detection in radiotherapy using a capacitor dosimeter equipped with a silicon photodiode

S Yamaguchi, Y Ieko, H Ariga, K Yoshioka - Medical & Biological …, 2023 - Springer
In this study, a newly developed capacitor dosimeter was evaluated using electron beams
commonly utilized in radiotherapy. The capacitor dosimeter comprised a silicon photodiode …

Characterization of a non-contact imaging scintillator-based dosimetry system for total skin electron therapy

II Tendler, P Bruza, M Jermyn, X Cao… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Surface dosimetry is required for ensuring effective administration of total skin electron
therapy (TSET); however, its use is often reduced due to the time consuming and complex …