Application of Al 2 O 3: C+ fibre dosimeters for 290MeV/n carbon therapeutic beam dosimetry

Luana de Freitas Nascimento; Filip Vanhavere; Dirk Verellen; Satoshi Kodaira; Yves De Deene

doi:10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.06.001

Application of Al 2 O 3: C+ fibre dosimeters for 290MeV/n carbon therapeutic beam dosimetry

Luana de Freitas Nascimento, Filip Vanhavere, Dirk Verellen, Satoshi Kodaira, Yves De Deene

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Abstract

The capability of radioluminescence (RL) dosimeters composed of carbon-doped aluminium oxide (Al2O3:C) detectors+optical fibre has been verified for absorbed dose-rate measurements during carbon radiotherapy. The RL signals from two separate Al2O3:C detectors (single crystal 'CG' and droplet 'P1') have been systematically measured and compared along the Bragg-curve and Spread-Out Bragg-Peak of 290 MeV/n carbon beams in the water. The absorbed dose response was assessed for the range of 0.5–10 Gy. For doses up to 6 Gy, we observed a linear response for both types of detectors, while for higher doses CG presented a more prominent supraliearity than P1. The RL response for low-LET protons in the entrance from the curve was found to closely resemble that observed for a clinical 6 MV X-ray beam, while it was found that P1 has a better agreement with the reference data from standard ionization chamber than CG. We observed a significant decrease in luminescence efficiency with LET in the Bragg peak region. The Al2O3:C RL luminescence efficiency differs from Al2O3:C OSL results, which implies that the signal can be corrected for LET dependency to match the correct SOBP and Bragg Peak.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	75-80
Number of pages	6
Journal	Radiation Physics and Chemistry
Volume	115
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.06.001
State	Published - 31 Oct 2015

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