TY - JOUR
T1 - Low-density polymer gel dosimeters for 3D radiation dosimetry in the thoracic region
T2 - 7th International Conference on 3D Radiation Dosimetry (IC3DDose)
AU - De Deene, Yves
AU - Vandecasteele, Jan
AU - Vercauteren, Tom
N1 - Copyright the Author(s) [or listed copyright owners]. First published in Journal of physics : conference series 444 article 012026. The original publication is available at doi:10.1088/1742-6596/444/1/012026, published by IOP Publishing. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Different low-density polymer gel dosimeters have been constructed that can be used to acquire the radiation dose distribution of IMRT treatments in the thoracic region. A heterogeneous phantom consisting of a low density polymer gel dosimeter sandwiched between two layers of soft tissue equivalent gel has been constructed. As a proof-of-principle, the phantom has been irradiated with a square 4 cm x 4 cm beam. The dose distribution is read out by use of both quantitative NMR spin-spin (R2) and magnetization transfer (MT) imaging. Sources of error in the dose readout have been assessed and are discussed.
AB - Different low-density polymer gel dosimeters have been constructed that can be used to acquire the radiation dose distribution of IMRT treatments in the thoracic region. A heterogeneous phantom consisting of a low density polymer gel dosimeter sandwiched between two layers of soft tissue equivalent gel has been constructed. As a proof-of-principle, the phantom has been irradiated with a square 4 cm x 4 cm beam. The dose distribution is read out by use of both quantitative NMR spin-spin (R2) and magnetization transfer (MT) imaging. Sources of error in the dose readout have been assessed and are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/444/1/012026
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/444/1/012026
M3 - Conference paper
AN - SCOPUS:84883411578
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 444
SP - 1
EP - 4
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
IS - 1
M1 - 012026
Y2 - 4 November 2012 through 8 November 2012
ER -