The role of polymers in analytical medical applications. A review

M Romero, MA Macchione, F Mattea, M Strumia - Microchemical Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
Many analytical methods have been developed by incorporating polymeric materials as an
essential component. Polymers have a wide range of applications due to their easily tunable …

Characterization of YAG: Ce phosphor dosimeter by the co-precipitation method for radiotherapy

Q Guo, M Li, K Yue, Y Yan, F Xie, C Zhang, C Mou… - Applied Optics, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Yttrium aluminum garnet (YAG) doped with Ce was synthesized via the co-precipitation
method with NH_4HCO_3 as the precipitant. The spectroscopic properties and the effects of …

An optical fibre-based sensor for real-time monitoring of clinical linear accelerator radiotherapy delivery

S O'Keeffe, W Zhao, W Sun, D Zhang… - IEEE Journal of …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A novel real-time optical fibre X-Ray dosimeter for monitoring the radiation pulses delivered
from a clinical linear accelerator (Linac) is presented. The primary focus of the sensor is to …

Arc-induced Long Period Gratings in standard and speciality optical fibers under mixed neutron-gamma irradiation

A Stancălie, F Esposito, R Ranjan, P Bleotu… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
In this paper, for the first time, the effects of mixed neutron and gamma flux on the spectral
and sensing responses of Long Period Gratings (LPGs) are thoroughly analyzed. Six LPGs …

A systematic review on the silica fibre thermoluminescence dosimeters for medical applications

MU Khandaker, A Taheri, DA Bradley - Journal of Radioanalytical and …, 2024 - Springer
Silica fibre thermoluminescence (TL) dosimeters have demonstrated versatility in medical
and industrial, offering high spatial resolution, sensitivity, water resistance, and insensitivity …

Radiation monitoring with radiosensitive pure-silica core ultra-low loss optical fiber

L Weninger, A Morana, C Campanella… - … on Nuclear Science, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a new prospect for radiation detection exploiting the high radiation
sensitivity of an ultra-low loss pure-silica core optical fiber (ULL-PSCF). This fiber exhibits …

Cerium-activated sol–gel silica glasses for radiation dosimetry in harsh environment

H El Hamzaoui, B Capoen, N Al Helou… - Materials Research …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Cerium-doped silica glass has been prepared for ionizing radiation dosimetry applications,
using the sol–gel route and densification under different atmospheres. In comparison with …

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
An optical fiber sensor for monitoring low dose radiation is presented. The sensor, based on
radiation sensitive scintillation material, terbium doped gadolinium oxysulphide (Gd_2O_2S …

Luminescence and scintillation properties of LYSO: Ce powder via Co-precipitation method for low dose gamma radiation

YB Christy, H Li, H Xu, C Xu, Y Li, X Luo, Q Guo… - Optical Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Cerium-doped lutetium yttrium orthosilicate (LYSO: Ce) powders were synthesized using the
co-precipitation method. The influence of sintering temperature on the crystallization and …

[HTML][HTML] Two-dimensional real-time quality assurance dosimetry system using μ-Al2O3: C, Mg radioluminescence films

LF Nascimento, D Verellen, J Goossens… - Physics and imaging in …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background and purpose There is a continual need for more accurate and effective
dosimetric systems for quality assurance (QA) as radiotherapy evolves in complexity. The …