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- Title
Radiotherapy dosimetry using a commercial OSL system.
- Authors
Viamonte, A.; da Rosa, L. A. R.; Buckley, L. A.; Cherpak, A.; Cygler, J. E.
- Abstract
A commercial optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) system developed for radiation protection dosimetry by Landauer, Inc., the InLight™ microStar reader, was tested for dosimetry procedures in radiotherapy. The system uses carbon-doped aluminum oxide, Al2O3:C, as a radiation detector material. Using this OSL system, a percent depth dose curve for 60Co gamma radiation was measured in solid water. Field size and SSD dependences of the detector response were also evaluated. The dose response relationship was investigated between 25 and 400 cGy. The decay of the response with time following irradiation and the energy dependence of the Al2O3:C OSL detectors were also measured. The results obtained using OSL dosimeters show good agreement with ionization chamber and diode measurements carried out under the same conditions. Reproducibility studies show that the response of the OSL system to repeated exposures is 2.5% (1sd), indicating a real possibility of applying the Landauer OSL commercial system for radiotherapy dosimetric procedures.
- Subjects
OPTICALLY stimulated luminescence dating; RADIATION dosimetry; RADIOTHERAPY; DOSIMETERS; LANDAUER Inc.
- Publication
Medical Physics, 2008, Vol 35, Issue 4, p1261
- ISSN
0094-2405
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1118/1.2841940