TY - GEN
T1 - Low dose plastic optical fibre radiation dosimeter for clinical dosimetry applications
AU - O'Keeffe, S.
AU - Lewis, E.
AU - Santhanam, A.
AU - Winningham, A.
AU - Rolland, J. P.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - PMMA optical fibres offer the opportunity to monitor ionising radiation doses online and in real-time. The work presented here investigates the use of these fibres in clinical dosimetry applications. Tests to determine the sensitivity of the PMMA optical fibres at low radiation doses were carried out at the MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Florida. The results demonstrate that PMMA optical fibres exhibit a quantifiable response to low doses (up to 12Gy) of radiation, similar to that received during radiation treatment.
AB - PMMA optical fibres offer the opportunity to monitor ionising radiation doses online and in real-time. The work presented here investigates the use of these fibres in clinical dosimetry applications. Tests to determine the sensitivity of the PMMA optical fibres at low radiation doses were carried out at the MD Anderson Cancer Center Orlando, Florida. The results demonstrate that PMMA optical fibres exhibit a quantifiable response to low doses (up to 12Gy) of radiation, similar to that received during radiation treatment.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=77951126841&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398516
DO - 10.1109/ICSENS.2009.5398516
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77951126841
SN - 9781424445486
T3 - Proceedings of IEEE Sensors
SP - 1689
EP - 1692
BT - IEEE Sensors 2009 Conference - SENSORS 2009
T2 - IEEE Sensors 2009 Conference - SENSORS 2009
Y2 - 25 October 2009 through 28 October 2009
ER -