Integral T-shaped phantom-dosimeter system to measure transverse and longitudinal dose distributions simultaneously for stereotactic radiosurgery dosimetry

A T-shaped fiber-optic phantom-dosimeter system was developed using square scintillating optical fibers, a lens system, and a CMOS image camera. Images of scintillating light were used to simultaneously measure the transverse and longitudinal distributions of absorbed dose of a 6 MV photon beam with...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2012-05, Vol.12 (5), p.6404-6414
Main Authors: Yoo, Wook Jae, Moon, Jinsoo, Jang, Kyoung Won, Han, Ki-Tek, Shin, Sang Hun, Jeon, Dayeong, Park, Jang-Yeon, Park, Byung Gi, Lee, Bongsoo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
absorbed dose
Beams (radiation)
Biomedical engineering
CMOS
Dosimetry
Engineering
Equivalence
Fiber optics
fiber-optic dosimeter
Optical fibers
Optics
phantom
Phantoms, Imaging
Photon beams
Polymethyl methacrylate
Polymethyl methacrylates
Radiation
Radiosurgery
Radiotherapy Dosage
Sensors
square scintillating optical fiber
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Summary:A T-shaped fiber-optic phantom-dosimeter system was developed using square scintillating optical fibers, a lens system, and a CMOS image camera. Images of scintillating light were used to simultaneously measure the transverse and longitudinal distributions of absorbed dose of a 6 MV photon beam with field sizes of 1 × 1 and 3 × 3 cm(2). Each optical fiber has a very small sensitive volume and the sensitive material is water equivalent. This allows the measurements of cross-beam profile as well as the percentage depth dose of small field sizes. In the case of transverse dose distribution, the measured beam profiles were gradually become uneven and the beam edge had a gentle slope with increasing depth of the PMMA phantom. In addition, the maximum dose values of longitudinal dose distribution for 6 MV photon beam with field sizes of 1 × 1 and 3 × 3 cm(2) were found to be at a depth of approximately 15 mm and the percentage depth dose of both field sizes were nearly in agreement at the skin dose level. Based on the results of this study, it is anticipated that an all-in-one phantom-dosimeter can be developed to accurately measure beam profiles and dose distribution in a small irradiation fields prior to carrying out stereotactic radiosurgery.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s120506404