Ultra‐high dose rate dosimetry: challenges and opportunities for FLASH radiation therapy

F Romano, C Bailat, PG Jorge, MLF Lerch… - Medical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The clinical translation of FLASH radiotherapy (RT) requires challenges related to dosimetry
and beam monitoring of ultra‐high dose rate (UHDR) beams to be addressed. Detectors …

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 …

Radiochromic films for the two-dimensional dose distribution assessment

P Casolaro - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Radiochromic films are mainly used for two-dimensional dose verification in photon,
electron, and proton therapy treatments. Moreover, the radiochromic film types available …

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 …

Monte Carlo modeling of Halcyon and Ethos radiotherapy beam using CAD geometry: validation and IAEA-compliant phase space

L Laakkonen, J Lehtomäki, A Cahill… - Physics in Medicine …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Objective. A Monte Carlo (MC) model of a Halcyon and Ethos (Varian Medical Systems, a
Siemens Healthineers Company) radiotherapy beam was validated and field-independent …

On the spectral characterization of radiochromic films irradiated with clinical proton beams

A Darafsheh, EY León-Marroquín… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Radiochromic films have been widely studied for clinical dosimetry in conventional external
beam radiation therapy. With an increase in practice of proton therapy, such films are being …

Monte Carlo simulations of EBT3 film dose deposition for percentage depth dose (PDD) curve evaluation

SM Robinson, N Esplen, D Wells… - Journal of Applied …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Purpose To use Monte Carlo (MC) calculations to evaluate the effects of Gafchromic
EBT3 film orientation on percentage depth dose (PDD) curves. Methods Dose deposition in …

Flexible film dosimeter for in vivo dosimetry

JD Cho, J Son, J Sung, CH Choi, JS Kim… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose The aims of this study were to develop a flexible film dosimeter applicable to the
irregular surface of a patient for in vivo dosimetry and to evaluate the device's dosimetric …

[HTML][HTML] Active dosimetry for VHEE FLASH radiotherapy using beam profile monitors and charge measurements

VF Rieker, R Corsini, S Stapnes, E Adli… - Nuclear Instruments and …, 2024 - Elsevier
The discovery of the FLASH effect has revealed a high potential for treating cancer more
efficiently by sparing healthy tissue. The surge in related medical research activities over the …

Influence of 0.35 T magnetic field on the response of EBT3 and EBT‐XD radiochromic films

A Darafsheh, Y Hao, B Maraghechi, J Cammin… - Medical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To investigate the inconsistency of recent literature on the effect of magnetic field
on the response of radiochromic films, we studied the influence of 0.35 T magnetic field on …