Polycrystalline CVD diamond dosimeters for Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT)

Author

Bruzzi, Mara ; de Sio, A. ; Pace, E. ; Scaringella, Monica ; Talamonti, C. ; Zani, M. ; Bucciolini, M.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fis. ed Astron., Univ. degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy

fYear

2013

fDate

Oct. 27 2013-Nov. 2 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

Diamond has a potential for Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT) applications, being a solid-state nearly tissue equivalent material, with the possibility to be grown in large diameter wafers by Chemical Vapour Deposition (CVD). We present a monolithic polycrystalline CVD diamond dosimeter and first results in an IMRT beam. Our device shows to be able to cope with the complex temporal/spatial structure of the IMRT field.

Keywords

biological tissues; biomedical equipment; biomimetics; chemical vapour deposition; crystal structure; diamond; dosimeters; radiation therapy; spatiotemporal phenomena; C; IMRT applications; IMRT field temporal/spatial structure; chemical vapour deposition; complex temporal/spatial structure; intensity modulated radiotherapy; large diameter wafers; monolithic CVD diamond dosimeter; nearly tissue equivalent material; polycrystalline CVD diamond dosimeters; solid-state material; Detectors; Diamonds; Dosimetry; Nuclear physics; Signal to noise ratio; Silicon;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC), 2013 IEEE

Conference_Location

Seoul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0533-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NSSMIC.2013.6829853

Filename

6829853