Thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD) and optically stimulated luminescent dosimeters
(OSLD) are practical, accurate, and precise tools for point dosimetry in medical physics …

The introduction of advanced techniques and technology in radiotherapy has greatly
improved our ability to deliver highly conformal tumor doses while minimizing the dose to …

Innovations in cancer treatment have contributed to the improved survival rate of these
patients. Radiotherapy is one of the main options for cancer management nowadays. High …

Purpose Craniospinal irradiation (CSI) has greatly increased survival rates for patients with
a diagnosis of medulloblastoma and other primitive neuroectodermal tumors. However, as it …

Silver-activated phosphate glass has long been used as passive-type solid state dosimeter
for both individual and environmental dose monitoring. The principle is classified as radio …

The increasing role of hadron therapy, and particularly of proton therapy, in cancer treatment
requires dosimetric characterization of luminescent detectors in heavy charged particle …

The lowest possible energy of proton scanning beam in cyclotron proton therapy facilities is
typically between 60 and 100 MeV. Treatment of superficial lesions requires a pre-absorber …

Systematic 3D mapping of out-of-field doses induced by a therapeutic proton pencil
scanning beam in a 300× 300× 600 mm 3 water phantom was performed using a set of …

Since 2010, EURADOS Working Group 9 (Radiation Dosimetry in Radiotherapy) has been
involved in the investigation of secondary and scattered radiation doses in X-ray and proton …

The purpose of this study was to measure out-of-field organ doses in clinical conditions in
anthropomorphic paediatric phantoms which received a simulated treatment of a brain …