Tissue mimicking materials for imaging and therapy phantoms: a review

CK McGarry, LJ Grattan, AM Ivory, F Leek… - Physics in Medicine …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Tissue mimicking materials (TMMs), typically contained within phantoms, have been used
for many decades in both imaging and therapeutic applications. This review investigates the …

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 …

A core/satellite multifunctional nanotheranostic for in vivo imaging and tumor eradication by radiation/photothermal synergistic therapy

Q Xiao, X Zheng, W Bu, W Ge, S Zhang… - Journal of the …, 2013 - ACS Publications
To integrate photothermal ablation (PTA) with radiotherapy (RT) for improved cancer
therapy, we constructed a novel multifunctional core/satellite nanotheranostic (CSNT) by …

Report of AAPM Task Group 155: megavoltage photon beam dosimetry in small fields and non‐equilibrium conditions

IJ Das, P Francescon, JM Moran, A Ahnesjö… - Medical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Small‐field dosimetry used in advance treatment technologies poses challenges due to loss
of lateral charged particle equilibrium (LCPE), occlusion of the primary photon source, and …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Biomedical applications of boronic acid polymers

JN Cambre, BS Sumerlin - Polymer, 2011 - Elsevier
Boron-containing organic compounds have found widespread use in synthetic organic
chemistry. More recently, boronic acid-containing polymers have proven valuable in a …

Dosimetry tools and techniques for IMRT

DA Low, JM Moran, JF Dempsey, L Dong… - Medical …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) poses a number of challenges for properly
measuring commissioning data and quality assurance (QA) radiation dose distributions. This …

Review on the characteristics of radiation detectors for dosimetry and imaging

J Seco, B Clasie, M Partridge - Physics in Medicine & Biology, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
The enormous advances in the understanding of human anatomy, physiology and pathology
in recent decades have led to ever-improving methods of disease prevention, diagnosis and …

Advances in kilovoltage x-ray beam dosimetry

R Hill, B Healy, L Holloway, Z Kuncic… - Physics in Medicine …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
This topical review provides an up-to-date overview of the theoretical and practical aspects
of therapeutic kilovoltage x-ray beam dosimetry. Kilovoltage x-ray beams have the property …

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 …