Characterization of a fiberoptic radiotherapy dosimetry probe based on Mg2SiO4:Tb

In this work the feasibility of using Mg2SiO4:Tb as a fiberoptic radioluminescent (RL) dosimetry probe for real-time dosimetry has been investigated for the first time. In particular, the stability of the RL signal after repeated use, the spectrum of the RL emission and the dose-rate response curve...

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Autores: Molina, Pablo Fernando, Prokic, M., Marcazzo, Salvador Julian, Santiago, Martin Alejo
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2010
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/96033
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/96033
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:DOSIMETRY
MAGNESIUM ORTHOSILICATE
RADIOLUMINESCENCE
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Sumario:In this work the feasibility of using Mg2SiO4:Tb as a fiberoptic radioluminescent (RL) dosimetry probe for real-time dosimetry has been investigated for the first time. In particular, the stability of the RL signal after repeated use, the spectrum of the RL emission and the dose-rate response curve of a Mg2SiO4:Tb-based fiberoptic probe have been determined. The probe has been also used to obtain a percentage dose depth curve in a water phantom and its performance has been compared to that of a standard ion chamber. Besides, its absolute RL yield has been compared to that of an RL probe based on the commercial Al2O3:C phosphor.