Plastic optical fibre sensor for in-vivo radiation monitoring during brachytherapy

P Woulfe, FJ Sullivan, E Lewis… - … Conference on Optical …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
An optical fibre sensor is presented for applications in real-time in-vivo monitoring of the
radiation dose a cancer patient receives during seed implantation in Brachytherapy. The …

Evaluation of MgB4O7: Ce, Li and Ce-doped 80MgB2O4–20MgB4O7 as alternative OSL materials for use in quality assurance of 6 MV photon beams

LF Souza, A Nolasco, GR Barrera… - Radiation Physics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigated the potential use of two new borate matrices for quality assurance (QA) tests
in radiotherapy. Both matrices, MgB 4 O 7: Ce, Li (MBO) and Ce-doped 80MgB 2 O 4 …

Optical fibres for radiation dosimetry

S O'Keeffe - Fiber Optic Sensors: Current Status and Future …, 2017 - Springer
The use of ionising radiation in a wide range of areas, from industrial processes to medical
applications, has become increasingly significant in recent years. Radiation dosimetry, the …

Two-dimensional dose distribution measurement based on rotational optical fiber array: A Monte Carlo simulation study

P Xu, C Geng, D Shu, X Tang, H Liu, F Tian… - Radiation …, 2021 - Elsevier
Quality assurance is particularly important for modulated radiotherapies which improve dose
conformity and involve complex processes of dose delivery. This work proposes a dose …

Feasibility study on remote gamma spectroscopy system with fiber-optic radiation sensor

YB Song, SH Shin, SW Song, HJ Kim, S Cho… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2018 - Springer
In this study, we developed a remote gamma spectroscopy system based on fiber-optic
radiation sensor (FORS) to detect species of gamma-emitting sources at large distances. In …

[PDF][PDF] Time-Temperature Profiles Effect on Thermoluminescence Glow Curve Formation of Germanium Doped Optical Fibres

MSA Fadzil, NM Noor, N Tamchek… - Sains Malaysiana, 2022 - researchgate.net
The development of optical fibres technology grows in response to seeking a radiation
detector with better thermoluminescence (TL) performance. Concerning the dosimetric …

A fibre optic based approach and device for sensing beta radiation in liquids

CA Whittaker, CAG Kalnins… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2019 - Elsevier
An optical fibre-based beta radiation sensing device has been investigated for the purpose
of detecting low levels of the daughter products of Uranium-238 in liquids for mineral …

Dynamic gamma-ray monitoring at radioprotection levels with extrinsic polymer optical fiber sensors

Ó Esteban, AI de Andrés - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2018 - Elsevier
The dynamic performance of extrinsic gamma-ray sensors at radioprotection levels is
studied. The sensors have been fabricated with chemically etched polymer optical fibers …

Optical fibre luminescence sensor for real-time LDR brachytherapy dosimetry

P Woulfe, S O'Keeffe… - Optical Fibers and Sensors …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
An optical fibre sensor for monitoring low dose radiation is presented. The sensor is based
on a scintillation material embedded within the optical fibre core, which emits visible light …

Development and characterization of an LED-based detector for dosimetry in diagnostic radiology

E Damulira, MNS Yusoff, AF Omar… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Light-emitting diodes (LEDs) could be a potential dosimetry candidate because they are
radiation hard, spectrally selective, direct band gap, and low-cost devices. Thus, an LED …