Comparison of methods for the measurement of radiation dose distributions in high dose rate (HDR) brachytherapy: Ge-doped optical fiber, EBT3 Gafchromic film, and PRESAGE® radiochromic plastic

Medical Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Palmer, A L ^a,b   Di Pietro, P ^a   Alobaidli, S ^a   Issa, F ^a   Doran, S ^a   Bradley, D ^a   Nisbet, A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; doped optical fiber; dosimetry; EBT3 Gafchromic film

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; FIBERS; GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; ONCOLOGY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; SCANNING; SILICA; WATER TANKS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; COMPARISON OF METHODS; DOSE-DISTRIBUTION MEASUREMENT; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; HIGH-DOSE-RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT PLANNING SYSTEMS;

PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; DOSIMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION STUDY; FIBER OPTICS; FILM DOSIMETER; HUMAN; RADIATION DOSE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FAILURE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FILM DOSIMETRY; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 84878939305     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.4805100     Document Type: Article

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