TY - GEN
T1 - Characterisation of radioluminesence based optical fibre dosimeter in radiotherapy beam applications
AU - Woulfe, P.
AU - O'Keeffe, S.
AU - McCarthy, D.
AU - Grattan, M.
AU - Hounsell, A.
AU - Cronin, J.
AU - Lewis, E.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) based plastic optical fibre is coated with radiation sensitive inorganic scintillators that fluoresce when exposed to ionising radiation. The emitted signal penetrates the fibre and propagates along the fibre where it is remotely monitored using a fluorescence spectrometer. The dosimeter is characterised for a range of parameters associated with radiotherapy treatment plans, including field size and dose rate. The results demonstrate good repeatability, with a maximum percentage error of 0.59% and the response is independent of dose rate.
AB - A PMMA (polymethyl methacrylate) based plastic optical fibre is coated with radiation sensitive inorganic scintillators that fluoresce when exposed to ionising radiation. The emitted signal penetrates the fibre and propagates along the fibre where it is remotely monitored using a fluorescence spectrometer. The dosimeter is characterised for a range of parameters associated with radiotherapy treatment plans, including field size and dose rate. The results demonstrate good repeatability, with a maximum percentage error of 0.59% and the response is independent of dose rate.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84893970850&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICSENS.2013.6688478
DO - 10.1109/ICSENS.2013.6688478
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893970850
SN - 9781467346405
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
BT - IEEE SENSORS 2013 - Proceedings
PB - IEEE Computer Society
T2 - 12th IEEE SENSORS 2013 Conference
Y2 - 4 November 2013 through 6 November 2013
ER -