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Medical proton dosimetry using radioluminescence from aluminium oxide crystals attached to optical-fiber cables

Andersen, C. E. ; Edmund, J. M. ; Medin, Joakim LU ; Grusell, E. ; Jain, M. and Mattsson, Sören LU (2007) In Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment 580(1). p.466-468
Abstract
The prime objective of this study is to investigate if radioluminescence (RL) from carbon-doped aluminum oxide (Al2O3:C) crystals potentially can be used for absorbed dose-rate measurements during proton radiotherapy. The RL from two separate (2 mg) Al2O3:C crystals attached to optical-fiber cables were recorded during irradiations in water in a 175 MeV clinical proton beam. The RL response for low-LET protons in the plateau region of the Bragg curve was found to closely resemble that observed for a clinical 6 MV X-ray beam. An identical response was found in the Bragg peak (where the dose-averaged LET is about 4 keV/mu m) for absorbed doses less than 0.3 Gy. For doses in the range of 0.3-3Gy, we observed a significant decrease in... (More)
The prime objective of this study is to investigate if radioluminescence (RL) from carbon-doped aluminum oxide (Al2O3:C) crystals potentially can be used for absorbed dose-rate measurements during proton radiotherapy. The RL from two separate (2 mg) Al2O3:C crystals attached to optical-fiber cables were recorded during irradiations in water in a 175 MeV clinical proton beam. The RL response for low-LET protons in the plateau region of the Bragg curve was found to closely resemble that observed for a clinical 6 MV X-ray beam. An identical response was found in the Bragg peak (where the dose-averaged LET is about 4 keV/mu m) for absorbed doses less than 0.3 Gy. For doses in the range of 0.3-3Gy, we observed a significant decrease in luminescence efficiency with LET. At 3 Gy, the luminescence efficiency was about 60% in the Bragg-peak region. The study implies that the RL-signal from Al2O3:C could potentially be suitable for medical proton dosimetry in the 0-0.3 Gy range even without any LET-dependent correction factors. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (Less)
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radiation-induced luminescence, dosimetry, neutron and proton
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Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment
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580
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466 - 468
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Elsevier
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0167-5087
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10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.129
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  author       = {{Andersen, C. E. and Edmund, J. M. and Medin, Joakim and Grusell, E. and Jain, M. and Mattsson, Sören}},
  issn         = {{0167-5087}},
  keywords     = {{radiation-induced luminescence; dosimetry; neutron and proton}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{466--468}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors, and Associated Equipment}},
  title        = {{Medical proton dosimetry using radioluminescence from aluminium oxide crystals attached to optical-fiber cables}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.129}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.nima.2007.05.129}},
  volume       = {{580}},
  year         = {{2007}},
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