Advances on inorganic scintillator-based optic fiber dosimeters

L Ding, Q Wu, Q Wang, Y Li, RM Perks, L Zhao - EJNMMI physics, 2020 - Springer
This article presents a new perspective on the development of inorganic scintillator-based
fiber dosimeters (IOSFDs) for medical radiotherapy dosimetry (RTD) focusing on real-time in …

Novel optical fibre sensors and their applications in radiotherapy

M Alharbi, M Martyn, L Chen… - Optical Sensing and …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The aim of this study was to investigate the over-response of an inorganic optical fibre
sensor (OFS) when measuring percentage depth dose curves (PDDs) with respect to an ion …

Characterization of fiber radiation dosimeters with different embedded scintillator materials for radiotherapy applications

Y Hu, Z Qin, Y Ma, W Zhao, W Sun, D Zhang… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2018 - Elsevier
In-vivo real-time dose rate measurement has attracted much attention in the tumour-
treatment field because of the demand for precise delivery of radiotherapy. An optical fiber …

Real-time monitoring and diagnosis of scintillation dosimeters using an ultraviolet light emitting diode

Y Yin, J Lambert, DR McKenzie… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
Plastic scintillator fibre optic dosimeters (FODs) have advantages for both brachytherapy
and external beam radiotherapy applications. Convenient real-time monitoring and …

Dosimetric characterization of an inorganic optical fiber sensor for external beam radiation therapy

M Alharbi, S Gillespie, P Woulfe… - IEEE Sensors …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The aim of this study was to investigate the dosimetric performance of a novel optical fiber
sensor for use in external beam radiation therapy. Repeatability and reproducibility of the …

A new scintillating fiber dosimeter using a single optical fiber and a CCD camera

AM Frelin, JM Fontbonne, G Ban… - IEEE transactions on …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radiotherapy treatments become more and more accurate, using very small irradiation
fields and complex dose depositions. So small dosimeters for real time and in vivo …

Development of a wavelength-separated type scintillator with optical fiber (SOF) dosimeter to compensate for the Cerenkov radiation effect

M Ishikawa, N Nagase, T Matsuura… - Journal of radiation …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
The scintillator with optical fiber (SOF) dosimeter consists of a miniature scintillator mounted
on the tip of an optical fiber. The scintillator of the current SOF dosimeter is a 1-mm diameter …

Real-time dosimetry with Yb-doped silica optical fibres

I Veronese, N Chiodini, S Cialdi… - Physics in Medicine …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Over the years, many efforts have been made to develop radiation detectors to handle the
complex issues of small field dosimetry and achieve the increasing accuracy, precision and …

Radiation-induced light in optical fibers and plastic scintillators: Application to brachytherapy dosimetry

MR Arnfield, HE Gaballa, RD Zwicker… - … on Nuclear Science, 1996 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A small plastic scintillator bonded to an optical fiber has several characteristics that make it
promising as a brachytherapy dosimeter. In these dosimeters, scintillation light represents …

Characterization of a scintillating fiber-optic dosimeter for photon beam therapy

KW Jang, DH Cho, SH Shin, WJ Yoo, JK Seo, B Lee… - Optical review, 2009 - Springer
A scintillating fiber-optic dosimeter has many advantages such as real-time readout, high-
resolution measurement, water-equivalence and no corrections for temperature, pressure …