A review on radiochromic film dosimetry for dose verification in high energy photon beams

T Santos, T Ventura, M do Carmo Lopes - Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2021 - Elsevier
A dosimetry system composed by Gafchromic™ EBT films and a flatbed document scanner
is a valuable tool for patient-specific quality assurance (QA) of complex external beam …

Dual beam‐current transformer design for monitoring and reporting of electron ultra‐high dose rate (FLASH) beam parameters

K Liu, A Palmiero, N Chopra… - Journal of applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the usefulness and effectiveness of a dual beam‐current transformer
(BCTs) design to monitor and record the beam dosimetry output and energy of pulsed …

Real-time dosimetry with radiochromic films

P Casolaro, L Campajola, G Breglio, S Buontempo… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Radiochromic film dosimetry has been widely employed in most of the applications of
radiation physics for over twenty years. This is due to a number of appealing features of …

Comprehensive evaluation and new recommendations in the use of Gafchromic EBT3 film

K Liu, PG Jorge, R Tailor, R Moeckli… - Medical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Background Gafchromic film's unique properties of tissue‐equivalence, dose‐rate
independence, and high spatial resolution make it an attractive choice for many dosimetric …

Characterization and practical applications of a novel plastic scintillator for online dosimetry for an ultrahigh dose rate (FLASH)

Y Poirier, J Xu, S Mossahebi… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose Although flash radiation therapy (FLASH‐RT) is a promising novel technique that
has the potential to achieve a better therapeutic ratio between tumor control and normal …

Recommendations on the practice of calibration, dosimetry, and quality assurance for gamma stereotactic radiosurgery: Report of AAPM Task Group 178

PL Petti, MJ Rivard, PE Alvarez, G Bednarz… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) formed Task Group 178 (TG‐
178) to perform the following tasks: review in‐phantom and in‐air calibration protocols for …

Response characterization of EBT‐XD radiochromic films in megavoltage photon and electron beams

EY León‐Marroquín, D Mulrow, A Darafsheh… - Medical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the beam quality dependence of the
EBT‐XD radiochromic films for megavoltage photon and electron beam irradiations by …

Optically stimulated luminescence system as an alternative for radiochromic film for 2D reference dosimetry in UHDR electron beams

V Vanreusel, A Gasparini, F Galante, G Mariani… - Physica Medica, 2023 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy is part of the treatment of over 50% of cancer patients. Its efficacy is limited by
the radiotoxicity to the healthy tissue. FLASH-RT is based on the biological effect that ultra …

Dosimetric analysis of the effects of a temporary tissue expander on the radiotherapy technique

SH Park, YS Kim, J Choi - La radiologia medica, 2021 - Springer
Aims The current study aimed to evaluate the dose effect of a temporary tissue expander
(TTE) according to the radiotherapy technique for breast cancer patients. Materials and …

High‐dose and ultra‐high dose rate (UHDR) evaluation of Al2O3:C optically stimulated luminescent dosimeter nanoDots and powdered LiF:Mg,Ti …

K Liu, B Velasquez, E Schüler - Medical physics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background Dosimetry in ultra‐high dose rate (UHDR) electron beamlines poses a
significant challenge owing to the limited usability of standard dosimeters in high dose and …