Feasibility study for the use of Ce3+-doped optical fibres in radiotherapy

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 562, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 449-455

  Mones, E ^a   Veronese, I ^b   Moretti, F ^c   Fasoli, M ^c   Loi, G ^a   Negri, E ^a   Brambilla, M ^a   Chiodini, N ^c   Brambilla, G ^d   Vedda, A ^c  

^a MAGGIORE DELLA CARITÀ HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical fibre; Radioluminescence; Radiotherapy dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

CHERENKOV RADIATION; RADIOLUMINESCENCE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSIMETRY; REAL-TIME EVALUATION;

CERIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33646758204     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.02.003     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Létourneau D., Pouliot J., and Roy R. Med. Phys. 26 (1999) 2555
2. Erfut G., Krbetschek. M.R., Trautmann T., and Stolz W. Radiat. Meas. 32 (2000) 735
3. Huston A.L., Justus B.L., Falkenstein P.L., Miller R.W., Ning H., and Altemus R. Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B. 184 (2001) 55
4. Aznar M.C., Andersen C.E., Bøtter-Jensen L., Bäck S.A.J., Mattsson S., Kjær-Kristoffersen F., and Medin J. Phys. Med. Biol. 49 (2004) 1655
5. Gaza R., McKeever S.W.S., Akselrod M.S., Akselrod A., Underwood T., Yoder C., Andersen C.E., Aznar M.C., Marckmann C.J., and Bøtter-Jensen L. Radiat. Meas. 38 (2004) 809
6. Polf J.C., Yukihara E.G., Akselrod M.S., and McKeever S.W.S. Radiat. Meas. 38 (2004) 227
7. Justin B.L., Falkenstein P., Huston A.L., Plazas M.C., Ning H., and Miller R.W. Appl. Opt. 43 (2004) 1663
8. Vedda A., Chiodini N., Di Martino D., Fasoli M., Keffer S., Lauria A., Martini M., Moretti G. Spinolo F., Nikl M., Solovieva N., and Brambilla G. Appl. Phys. Lett. 85 (2004) 6356
9. Beddar A.S., Mackie T.R., and Attix F.H. Phys. Med. Biol. 37 (1992) 925
10. Clift M.A., Sutton R.A., and Webb D.V. Phys. Med. Biol. 45 (2000) 1165
11. Beddar A.S., Mackie T.R., and Attix F.H. Phys. Med. Biol. 37 (1992) 1901
12. Archambault L., Arsenault J., and Gingras L. Med. Phys. 32 (2005) 2271
13. de Boer S.F., Beddar A.S., and Rawlinson J.A. Phys. Med. Biol. 38 (1993) 945
14. Jelley J.V. Cerenkov Radiation and its Applications (1958), Pergamon press, NewYork
15. Scalchi P., and Francescon P. Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 40 (1998) 987
16. McGhee P., Humphreys S., and Dunscombe P. Med. Dosim. 18 (1993) 187
17. J. Van Dam, G. Marinello, in: G. Garant (Ed.), Methods for In Vivo Dosimetry in External Radiotherapy, ESTRO Booklet no. I, Apeldoorn, Leuven, 1994.