Affiliation:
1. Institute of Nuclear Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, 31-342 Kraków, Poland
2. Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, Jagiellonian University, 30-348 Kraków, Poland
Abstract
Modern radiotherapy (RT) techniques, such as proton therapy, require more and more sophisticated dosimetry methods and materials. One of the newly developed technologies is based on flexible sheets made of a polymer, with the embedded optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) material in the form of powder (LiMgPO4, LMP) and a self-developed optical imaging setup. The detector properties were evaluated to study its potential application in the proton treatment plan verification for eyeball cancer. The data showed a well-known effect of lower luminescent efficiency of the LMP material response to proton energy. The efficiency parameter depends on a given material and radiation quality parameters. Therefore, the detailed knowledge of material efficiency is crucial in establishing a calibration method for detectors exposed to mixed radiation fields. Thus, in the present study, the prototype of the LMP-based silicone foil material was tested with monoenergetic uniform proton beams of various initial kinetic energies constituting the so-called spread-out Bragg peak (SOBP). The irradiation geometry was also modelled using the Monte Carlo particle transport codes. Several beam quality parameters, including dose and the kinetic energy spectrum, were scored. Finally, the obtained results were used to correct the relative luminescence efficiency response of the LMP foils for monoenergetic and spread-out proton beams.
Funder
the Polish National Science Centre within the SONATA 17 program
Subject
General Materials Science
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2 articles.
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