Dosimetry for FLASH radiotherapy: a review of tools and the role of radioluminescence and Cherenkov emission

MR Ashraf, M Rahman, R Zhang, BB Williams… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
While spatial dose conformity delivered to a target volume has been pushed to its practical
limits with advanced treatment planning and delivery, investigations in novel temporal dose …

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 …

Chemical overview of gel dosimetry systems: a comprehensive review

MA Macchione, S Lechón Páez, MC Strumia… - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
Advances in radiotherapy technology during the last 25 years have significantly improved
both dose conformation to tumors and the preservation of healthy tissues, achieving almost …

Clinical radiotherapy application of N-vinylpyrrolidone-containing 3D polymer gel dosimeters with remote external MR-reading

M Kozicki, A Berg, P Maras, M Jaszczak, M Dudek - Physica Medica, 2020 - Elsevier
Purpose Advanced 3D dosimetry is required for verifications of complex dose distributions in
modern radiotherapy. Two 3D polymer gel dosimeters, coupled with magnetic resonance …

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 …

Basic properties of a new polymer gel for 3D-dosimetry at high dose-rates typical for FFF irradiation based on dithiothreitol and methacrylic acid (MAGADIT): Sensitivity …

M Khan, G Heilemann, W Lechner, D Georg, AG Berg - Polymers, 2019 - mdpi.com
The photon induced radical-initiated polymerization in polymer gels can be used for high-
resolution tissue equivalent dosimeters in quality control of radiation therapy. The dose (D) …

Examination of THPC as an oxygen scavenger impacting VIC dosimeter thermal stability and comparison of NVP-containing polymer gel dosimeters

M Jaszczak, B Kolesińska, R Wach… - Physics in Medicine …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This work reports on the impact of tetrakis (hydroxymethyl) phosphonium chloride (THPC) on
the properties of a VIC gel dosimeter (VIC is an abbreviated acronym of VIPAR CT). THPC …

The impact of temporal changes in irradiated nMAG polymer gels on their applicability in small field dosimetry in radiotherapy

A Krauleidis, D Adliene, Z Rutkuniene - Gels, 2022 - mdpi.com
As advanced radiotherapy techniques progress to deliver a high absorbed dose to the target
volume while minimizing the dose to normal tissues using intensity-modulated beams, arcs …

Dose measurements of simulated tumour movement during respiration using a polymer gel dosimeter

A Krauleidis, T Dimitrova, D Adlienė - … in Physics Research Section B: Beam …, 2024 - Elsevier
During radiotherapy treatment, there is always considerable risk that the timing of the
treatment delivery and the volume movement results in degradation or undesired …

Gel dosimetry: MRI

Y De Deene - Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
While a vast amount of scientific literature is available on the topic of gel dosimetry with MRI
readout, this wealth of information may seem at first overwhelming for medical physicists and …