Inorganic scintillation detectors for 192Ir brachytherapy

G Kertzscher, S Beddar - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Many brachytherapy (BT) errors could be detected with real-time in vivo dosimetry
technology. Inorganic scintillation detectors (ISDs) have demonstrated promising …

Inorganic scintillation detectors based on Eu-activated phosphors for 192Ir brachytherapy

G Kertzscher, S Beddar - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The availability of real-time treatment verification during high-dose-rate (HDR)
brachytherapy is currently limited. Therefore, we studied the luminescence properties of the …

Ruby-based inorganic scintillation detectors for 192Ir brachytherapy

G Kertzscher, S Beddar - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We tested the potential of ruby inorganic scintillation detectors (ISDs) for use in
brachytherapy and investigated various unwanted luminescence properties that may …

Inorganic scintillator detectors for real-time verification during brachytherapy

G Kertzscher, S Beddar - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Widespread use of real-time dose measurement technology to verify brachytherapy (BT)
treatments is currently limited because only few detectors exhibit the large dynamic range …

A high‐Z inorganic scintillator–based detector for time‐resolved in vivo dosimetry during brachytherapy

EB Jørgensen, JG Johansen, J Overgaard… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose High‐dose rate (HDR) and pulsed‐dose rate (PDR) brachytherapy would benefit
from an independent treatment verification system to monitor treatment delivery and to detect …

On the use of a single‐fiber multipoint plastic scintillation detector for 192Ir high‐dose‐rate brachytherapy

F Therriault‐Proulx, S Beddar, L Beaulieu - Medical physics, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The goal of this study was to prove the feasibility of using a single‐fiber multipoint
plastic scintillation detector (mPSD) as anin vivo verification tool during 192Ir high‐dose …

Removing the stem effect when performing Ir‐192 HDR brachytherapy in vivo dosimetry using plastic scintillation detectors: A relevant and necessary step

F Therriault‐Proulx, S Beddar, TM Briere… - Medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether or not a stem effect removal
technique is necessary when performing Ir‐192 HDR brachytherapyin vivo dosimetry using …

In vivo dosimetry in brachytherapy

K Tanderup, S Beddar, CE Andersen… - Medical …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In vivo dosimetry (IVD) has been used in brachytherapy (BT) for decades with a number of
different detectors and measurement technologies. However, IVD in BT has been subject to …

Rapid two-dimensional dose measurement in brachytherapy using plastic scintillator sheet: linearity, signal-to-noise ratio, and energy response characteristics

H Perera, JF Williamson, SP Monthofer… - International Journal of …, 1992 - Elsevier
Because of the large dose gradients encountered near brachytherapy sources, an efficient,
accurate, low-atomic number areal detector, which can record dose at many points …

Benchmarking a novel inorganic scintillation detector for applications in radiation therapy

M Alharbi, M Martyn, S O'Keeffe, F Therriault-Proulx… - Physica Medica, 2019 - Elsevier
Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the contribution of Cerenkov radiation to the
overall signal measured with a novel inorganic scintillating detector (ISD). Methods An ISD …