Optical fiber dosimeter for real-time in-vivo dose monitoring during LDR brachytherapy

P Woulfe, FJ Sullivan, W Kam… - Biomedical optics express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
… The inherent properties of optical fibers, eg lightweight, small dimensions… vivo radiotherapy
applications [14]. This paper presents a radiotherapy dosimeter based on optical fiber sensor

Recent advances in silica glass optical fiber for dosimetry applications

HT Zubair, M Begum, F Moradi… - IEEE Photonics …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… Studies of potential radiation therapy applications of the optical fiber started with TL passive
… in this review), the different structures of optical fibers produced for dosimetric applications, …

[HTML][HTML] Radioluminescence-based fibre optic dosimeters in radiotherapy: a review

I Veronese, CE Andersen, E Li, L Madden… - Radiation …, 2024 - Elsevier
… (FODs) can be generally defined as a class of dosimeters using optical fibres as the signal
transmission media, the sensing parts can be any materials which are sensitive to ionizing …

Distributed polymer optical fibre sensors for advancing radiotherapy

O Olugbenga Jeremiah - 2024 - researchrepository.ul.ie
at discrete points along the fibre and are therefore applicable for quasidistributed dosimetry
… to the advancement of photonics in the development of optical dosimeters in radiotherapy. …

A fiber-optical dosimetry sensor for gamma-ray irradiation measurement in biological applications

ASA Elsharkawi, HA Alazab, M Sayed, MA Askar… - Biosensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Optical fibers as a dosimeter exhibit high stability when reused several times; that is, after
the removal of the accumulated dose during … damage to the body during radiotherapy. It is …

Radiotherapy dosimetry based on perflourinated polymer optical fibers

OJ Olusoji, W Kam, S O'Keeffe - Optical Sensing and Detection …, 2020 - spiedigitallibrary.org
… The Cytop fibre sensor also exhibits a higher sensitivity, in the … optical fibre was used as
a sensor to monitor the X-ray radiation produced by a linac machine. The perfluorinated fibre

Advances on inorganic scintillator-based optic fiber dosimeters

L Ding, Q Wu, Q Wang, Y Li, RM Perks, L Zhao - EJNMMI physics, 2020 - Springer
… a new perspective on the development of inorganic scintillator-based fiber dosimeters (IOSFDs)
for medical radiotherapy … Second, we look at the development of IOSFDs using different …

[HTML][HTML] Advancements in optical fiber sensors for in vivo applications–A review of sensors tested on living organisms

K Bartnik, M Koba, M Śmietana - Measurement, 2023 - Elsevier
… The array of OFSs was used to monitor radiation dose in vivo during radiotherapy treatment
of patients with cervical cancer. Each probe consisted of aluminum oxide crystals attached to …

Biocompatibility and radiosensitivity of a fiber optical-based dosimeter: biological applications

ASA Elsharkawi, HA Elazab, MA Askar… - Biomedical Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
… [19] investigated the suitability of pure silica optical fibers for radiation therapy dosimetry.
Their findings demonstrated a linear response of these fibers within a relevant dose range, …

Evolution of Portable Sensors for In-Vivo Dose and Time-Activity Curve Monitoring as Tools for Personalized Dosimetry in Molecular Radiotherapy

L Strigari, R Marconi, E Solfaroli-Camillocci - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
… for time-resolved in-vivo dosimetry to be used in HDR-BT … on a fiber-coupled inorganic
scintillator for in-vivo dosimetry. … m-long optical fiber with a 0.5 mm core diameter) and an optical