Measurement of scattered rays from different materials using an inorganic scintillator based optical fiber sensor and its application in radiotherapy

Measurements using an Optical Fiber OFS including an inorganic scintillator placed on the surface of a phantom show that the particle energy distribution inside the phantom remains unchanged. The backscattered intensity measured using an Optical Fiber Sensor (OFS) exhibits a linear relationship with...

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Published in:Biomedical physics & engineering express 2022-01, Vol.8 (2), p.25004
Main Authors: Xie, Tianci, He, Bo, Shi, Qieming, Qian, Jinqian, Hao, Wenjing, Li, Song, Lewis, Elfed, Sun, Weimin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
dose monitoring
Electrons
Humans
optical fiber sensor
Optical Fibers
Phantoms, Imaging
Photons
radiotherapy
scattering x-rays
Water
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Summary:Measurements using an Optical Fiber OFS including an inorganic scintillator placed on the surface of a phantom show that the particle energy distribution inside the phantom remains unchanged. The backscattered intensity measured using an Optical Fiber Sensor (OFS) exhibits a linear relationship with the total radiation dose delivered to the phantom, and this relationship shows that the OFS can be used for indirect dose measurement when located on the surface of the phantom i.e. that arising from the energetic backscattered electrons and photons. Such a device can therefore be used as a clinical dosimeter, being located on the patient's body surface. In addition, the measurement results for the same OFS located inside and outside the radiation field of a compound water based phantom are analyzed. The differences in measurement of the fluorescence signal in response to various tissue materials representing bone or tumor tissue in the irradiation field are strongly related to the material's ability to block the scattered rays from the water phantom, as well as the scattered x-rays generated by the material located within the phantom.
ISSN:2057-1976
2057-1976
DOI:10.1088/2057-1976/ac48e3