Radiation dosimetry by use of radiosensitive hydrogels and polymers: mechanisms, state-of-the-art and perspective from 3D to 4D

Y De Deene - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Gel dosimetry was developed in the 1990s in response to a growing need for methods to
validate the radiation dose distribution delivered to cancer patients receiving high-precision …

Hydrogels for three-dimensional ionizing-radiation dosimetry

M Marrale, F d'Errico - Gels, 2021 - mdpi.com
Radiation-sensitive gels are among the most recent and promising developments for
radiation therapy (RT) dosimetry. RT dosimetry has the twofold goal of ensuring the quality …

Linear-energy-transfer-independent nanoclay radio-fluorogenic gel dosimeter under energetic ion beams of 28Si14+, 40Ar18+, 56Fe26+, 132Xe54+, and 12C6+

T Maeyama, H Hasegawa, M Tanaka… - Radiation Physics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Recently, a radio-fluorogenic gel dosimeter that can evaluate the depth–dose distribution of
high-energy carbon ion beams within a radio-therapeutic dose range was reported. This …

Gel dosimetry: An overview of dosimetry systems and read out methods

Y De Deene, A Jirasek - Radiation Measurements, 2024 - Elsevier
Gel dosimetry has emerged over the past three decades in response to a growing need in
high-precision radiotherapy to assess, in three dimensions, the absorbed radiation dose, as …

Improved Dose Response of N-(hydroxymethyl)acrylamide Gel Dosimeter with Calcium Chloride for Radiotherapy

KA Rabaeh, RE Al-Tarawneh, MM Eyadeh… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
The impact of calcium chloride (CaCl2) on the performance of N-(hydroxymethyl) acrylamide
(NHMA) polymer gel dosimeter is studied in this article. The dosimeter was exposed to …

Polymer gel containing N, N′-methylene-bis-acrylamide (BIS) as a single monomer for radiotherapy dosimetry

KA Rabaeh, H Issra'ME, AA Oglat, MM Eyadeh… - Radiation Physics and …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, the first polymer gel that contains N, N′-methylene-bis-acrylamide (BIS)
crosslinker without the need of adding another radiosensitive monomer has been introduced …

Optical characterization of a new composition of acrylic acid hydrogel dosimeter for quality assurance in radiotherapy treatment

KA Rabaeh, B Moftah, AA Moussa, ASB Issa… - … of Radioanalytical and …, 2024 - Springer
A new polymer hyrogel dosimeter based on acrylic acid in polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel matrix
was prepared to be used in radiation measurments for radiotherapy treatment. The hydrogel …

Quality assurance of magnetic resonance imaging for a polymer gel dosimeter using a 3D-printed phantom

H Tachibana, Y Hoshino, Y Watanabe, K Usui… - Radiation Physics and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Purpose Quality assurance (QA) of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for gel dosimetry
using an in-house phantom was established to ensure consistent dosimetric performance …

Head CT dose reduction with organ‐based tube current modulation

J Ota, H Yokota, T Kobayashi, Y Ogata, T Kubo… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background A helical head CT examination uses a pitch factor (PF) of< 1.0, resulting in a
part of the slice being directly irradiated twice. This raises the possibility of double …

Improved performance of N-(Hydroxymethyl) acrylamide gel dosimeter using potassium chloride for radiotherapy

KA Rabaeh, H Issra'ME, MM Eyadeh, FM Aldweri… - Radiation …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, polymer-gel dosimeters containing N-(Hydroxymethyl) acrylamide (NHMA) with
different concentrations of potassium chloride (KCl) were developed and introduced for use …