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- Title
Dosimetric characterization of optically stimulated luminescence dosimeter with therapeutic photon beams for use in clinical radiotherapy measurements.
- Authors
Ponmalar, Retna; Manickam, Ravikumar; Ganesh, K. M.; Saminathan, Sathiyan; Raman, Arun; Finlay Godson, Henry; Godson, Henry Finlay
- Abstract
<bold>Aim: </bold>The modern radiotherapy techniques impose new challenges for dosimetry systems with high precision and accuracy in in vivo and in phantom dosimetric measurements. The knowledge of the basic characterization of a dosimetric system before patient dose verification is crucial. This incites the investigation of the potential use of nanoDot optically stimulated luminescence dosimeter (OSLD) for application in radiotherapy with therapeutic photon beams.<bold>Materials and Methods: </bold>Measurements were carried out with nanoDot OSLDs to evaluate the dosimetric characteristics such as dose linearity, dependency on field size, dose rate, energy and source-to-surface distance (SSD), reproducibility, fading effect, reader stability, and signal depletion per read out with cobalt-60 (60 Co) beam, 6 and 18 MV therapeutic photon beams. The data acquired with OSLDs were validated with ionization chamber data where applicable.<bold>Results: </bold>Good dose linearity was observed for doses up to 300 cGy and above which supralinear behavior. The standard uncertainty with field size observed was 1.10% ± 0.4%, 1.09% ± 0.34%, and 1.2% ± 0.26% for 6 MV, 18 MV, and 60 Co beam, respectively. The maximum difference with dose rate was 1.3% ± 0.4% for 6 MV and 1.4% ± 0.4% for 18 MV photon beams. The largest variation in SSD was 1.5% ± 1.2% for 60 Co, 1.5% ± 0.9% for 6 MV, and 1.5% ± 1.3% for 18 MV photon beams. The energy dependence of OSL response at 18 MV and 60 Co with 6 MV beam was 1.5% ± 0.7% and 1.7% ± 0.6%, respectively. In addition, good reproducibility, stability after the decay of transient signal, and predictable fading were observed.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>The results obtained in this study indicate the efficacy and suitability of nanoDot OSLD for dosimetric measurements in clinical radiotherapy.
- Subjects
RADIATION dosimetry; RADIOTHERAPY; PHOTON beams; IONIZATION chambers; IONIZING radiation dosage; THERAPEUTICS; LIGHT; DOSE-response relationship (Radiation); IMAGING phantoms; RADIATION measurements; RESEARCH evaluation
- Publication
Journal of Cancer Research & Therapeutics, 2017, Vol 13, Issue 2, p304
- ISSN
0973-1482
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.4103/0973-1482.199432