Performance characteristics of the EPR dosimetry system with table sugar in radiotherapy applications
| Autor: | R. El Baydaoui, Z. Zirari, F. Kuntz, M. Mikou, N. Ghosne |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Reproducibility
Radiation Photon Materials science Radiotherapy business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy Reproducibility of Results Dose profile Radiation Dosage Table (information) Sensitivity and Specificity Linear particle accelerator Radiation therapy Biomimetic Materials Dietary Sucrose medicine Humans Dosimetry Radiometry Sugar Nuclear medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Applied Radiation and Isotopes. 99:1-4 |
| ISSN: | 0969-8043 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.apradiso.2015.02.010 |
| Popis: | Performance characteristics of the megavoltage photon dose measurements with EPR and table sugar were analyzed. An advantage of sugar as a dosimetric material is its tissue equivalency. The minimal detectable dose was found to be 1.5Gy for both the 6 and 18MV photons. The dose response curves are linear up to at least 20Gy. The energy dependence of the dose response in the megavoltage energy range is very weak and probably statistically insignificant. Reproducibility of measurements of various doses in this range performed with the peak-to-peak and double-integral methods is reported. The method can be used in real-time dosimetry in radiation therapy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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