Current status of scintillation dosimetry for megavoltage beams

7th International Conference on 3D Radiation Dosimetry

Beaulieu, L.^1,2 ; Goulet, M.^1,2 ; Archambault, L.^1,2 ; Beddar, S.^3

Département de Physique, de Génie Physique et d'Optique, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de l'Université Laval, Université Laval, Québec, QC G1K 7P4, Canada^1

Département de Radio-Oncologie, Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec, CHU de Québec, Québec, QC G1R 2J6, Canada^2

Department of Radiation Physics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, United States^3

关键词: Current status;    Dose measurement;    Engineering innovations;    In-vivo;    ITS applications;    Megavoltage;    Plastic Scintillation;    Research interests;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/444/1/012013/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/444/1/012013

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Plastic scintillation dosimeters (PSD) have been a topic of a keen research interest for the past 20 years. Numerous PSD systems have been proposed, most times differentiating from the previous by a slight change in one or more components, such as the photodetector. However, a few major technological and engineering innovations have also been made. Over the past few years PSDs have been evaluated for small field dosimetry, in vivo dose measurements, building of arrays and much more. The present manuscript is intended to present the basic physics and properties of PSDs and its application over the past two decades.