Polymer gel dosimetry

C Baldock, Y De Deene, S Doran, G Ibbott… - Physics in Medicine …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Polymer gel dosimeters are fabricated from radiation sensitive chemicals which, upon
irradiation, polymerize as a function of the absorbed radiation dose. These gel dosimeters …

Radiation dosimetry by use of radiosensitive hydrogels and polymers: mechanisms, state-of-the-art and perspective from 3D to 4D

Y De Deene - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Gel dosimetry was developed in the 1990s in response to a growing need for methods to
validate the radiation dose distribution delivered to cancer patients receiving high-precision …

FlexyDos3D: a deformable anthropomorphic 3D radiation dosimeter: radiation properties

Y De Deene, PS Skyt, R Hil… - Physics in Medicine & …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Three dimensional radiation dosimetry has received growing interest with the
implementation of highly conformal radiotherapy treatments. The radiotherapy community …

Cone beam optical computed tomography for gel dosimetry I: scanner characterization

T Olding, O Holmes, LJ Schreiner - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
The ongoing development of easily accessible, fast optical readout tools promises to remove
one of the barriers to acceptance of gel dosimetry as a viable tool in cancer clinics. This …

Commissioning and benchmarking a 3D dosimetry system for clinical use

A Thomas, J Newton, J Adamovics… - Medical physics, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: A 3D dosimetry system is described which consists of two parts: a radiochromic
plastic dosimeter PRESAGE®(which responds to absorbed dose with a linear change in …

A novel methodology for 3D deformable dosimetry

UJ Yeo, ML Taylor, L Dunn, T Kron, RL Smith… - Medical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose: Interfraction and intrafraction variation in anatomic structures is a significant
challenge in contemporary radiotherapy. The objective of this work is to develop a novel tool …

Cone-beam optical computed tomography for gel dosimetry II: imaging protocols

T Olding, LJ Schreiner - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
This work develops imaging protocols for improved dose readout of a Fricke-xylenol orange-
gelatin (FXG) gel-filled 1 L polyethylene terephthalate (PETE) jar dosimeter using a …

Enhancement of radiation effects by bismuth oxide nanoparticles for kilovoltage x-ray beams: A dosimetric study using a novel multi-compartment 3D radiochromic …

M Alqathami, A Blencowe, UJ Yeo… - Journal of Physics …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
The aim of this study is to present the first experimental validation and quantification of the
dose enhancement capability of bismuth oxide nanoparticles (Bi 2 O 3-Nps). A recently …

Uncertainty in 3D gel dosimetry

Y De Deene, A Jirasek - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Three-dimensional (3D) gel dosimetry has a unique role to play in safeguarding
conformal radiotherapy treatments as the technique can cover the full treatment chain and …

Dosimetry for audit and clinical trials: challenges and requirements

T Kron, A Haworth, I Williams - Journal of Physics: Conference …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Many important dosimetry audit networks for radiotherapy have their roots in clinical trial
quality assurance (QA). In both scenarios it is essential to test two issues: does the treatment …