Response of lithium formate EPR dosimeters at photon energies relevant to brachytherapy

IFMBE Proceedings

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 236-239

  Adolfsson, Emelie ^a   Carlsson, Gudrun Alm ^a   Grindborg, Jan Erik ^b   Gustafsson, Håkan ^a   Lund, Eva ^a   Tedgren, Åsa Carlsson ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Radiation Protection Authority   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dosimeter; Energy response; EPR; HDR brachytherapy; Lithium formate

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MEDICAL PHYSICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; WATER ABSORPTION; X RAYS;

DOSE GRADIENTS; ENERGY RESPONSE; HDR BRACHYTHERAPY; HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; MASS ENERGY ABSORPTION; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; SECONDARY STANDARD; X-RAY QUALITY;

DOSIMETERS;

EID: 77950422168     PISSN: 16800737     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03474-9_67     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (16)

1. Vestad, TA, Malinen, E, Lund, A, Hole, EO, Sagstuen, E. (2003) EPR dosimetric properties of formates. Appl. Radiat. Isot. 59:181-188.
2. Gustafsson, H, Lund, E, Olsson, S. (2008) Lithium Formate EPR Dosimetry for verification of calculated dose distributions prior to intensity modulated radiation therapy. Phys. Med. Biol. 53:4667-4682.
3. Antonovic, L, Gustafsson, H, Alm Carlsson, G, Carlsson Tedgren, Å. (2009) Evaluation of a lithium formate EPR dosimetry system for dose measurements around 192Ir brachytherapy sources. Med. Phys. 36:2236-2247.
4. Lambert, J, Nakano, T, Law, S, Elsey, J, McKenzie, DR, Suchowerska, N. (2007) In vivo dosimeters for HDR brachytherapy: A comparison of a diamond detector, MOSFET, TLD, and scintillator detector. Med. Phys. 34:1759-1765.
5. Andersen, CE, Kynde Nielsen, S, Greilich, S, Helt-Hansen, J, Lindegaard, JC, Tanderup, K. (2009) Characterization of a fiber-coupled Al2O3:C luminescence dosimetry system for online in vivo dose verification during 192Ir brachytherapy. Med. Phys. 36:708-718.
6. Qi, Z, Deng, X, Huang, S, et al. (2007) Verification of the plan dosimetry for high dose rate brachytherapy using metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor detectors. Med. Phys. 34:2007-2013.
7. Rivard, MJ, Coursey, BM, DeWerd, LA, et al. (2004) Update of AAPM Task Group No.43 Report: A revised AAPM protocol for brachytherapy dose calculations. Med. Phys. 31:633-674.
8. Nath, R, Meigooni, AS, Muench, P, Melillo, A. (1993) Anisotropy functions for 103Pd, 125I and 192Ir interstitial brachytherapy sources Med. Phys. 20:1465-1473.
9. Kirov, AS, Williamson, JF, Meigooni, AS, Zhu, Y. (1995) TLD, diode and Monte Carlo dosimetry of an I92Ir source for high dose-rate brachytherapy. Phys. Med. Biol. 40:2015-2036.
10. Valicenti, RK, Kirov, AS, Meigooni, AS, Mishra, V, Das, RK, Williamson, JF. (1995) Experimental validation of Monte Carlo dose calculations about a high-intensity Ir-192 source for pulsed dose-rate brachytherapy. Med. Phys. 22:821-829.
11. International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA. Absorbed dose determination in external beam radiotherapy, IAEA TRS 398
12. Nunn, AA, Davis, SD, Micka, JA, De Werd, LA. (2008) LiF: Mg, Ti TLD response as a function of photon energy for moderated filtered x-ray spectra in the range 20-250 kVP relative to 60Co. Med. Phys. 35:1861-1869.
13. Kawrakow, I, Rogers, DWO. (2006) The EGSnrc Code System: Monte Carlo Simulation of Electron and Photon Transport. NRCC PIRS-701, Ottawa: National Research Council Canada.
14. Matscheko, G, Ribberfors, R. (1987) A Compton scattering spectrometer for determining x-ray photon energy spectra. Phys. Med. Biol. 32:577-594.
15. de Luelmo, S. (2006) Characterization of the 60Co unit Siemens Gammatron 1 using BEAMnrc Monte Carlo simulations. Medical Radiation Physics, Stockholm: Stockholm University, MSF-06.
16. Thomason, C, Mackie, TR, Lindstrom, MJ. (1999) Effect of source encapsulation on the energy spectra of 192Ir and 137Cs seed sources. Phys. Med. Biol. 36:495-505.