Plastic optical fibre X-Ray dosimeter for real-time clinical dosimetry applications.

Author

McCarthy, D. ; Keeffe, S.O. ; Lewis, E.

Author_Institution

Opt. Fibre Sensors Res. Centre, Univ. of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

fYear

2010

fDate

23-25 Feb. 2010

Firstpage

158

Lastpage

161

Abstract

An investigation in to the feasibility of using phosphor coated PMMA optical fibres as a means of measuring low energy x-ray ionising radiation for radiotherapy applications is presented. The paper provides an overview of the current dosimetry techniques and details the advantages an optical fibre based system can bring to providing real-time, spatially resolved dosimetry methods for both beam characterisation and patient dose verification systems.

Keywords

X-ray detection; dosimeters; dosimetry; fibre optic sensors; polymer fibres; radiation therapy; beam characterisation; low energy X-ray ionising radiation; patient dose verification; phosphor coated PMMA optical fibres; plastic optical fibre X-ray dosimeter; radiotherapy; real-time clinical dosimetry; spatially resolved dosimetry; Biomedical applications of radiation; Collimators; Dosimetry; Intensity modulation; Ionizing radiation; Linear accelerators; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Plastics; Tumors; Optical fiber sensor; PMMA; X-Ray; component; dosimetry; radiotherapy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Limerick

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4988-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4989-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SAS.2010.5439383

Filename

5439383