@inproceedings{9e4f7300bd0945169a88c416ca7cb5e9,
title = "Plastic optical fibre sensor for in-vivo radiation monitoring during Brachytherapy",
abstract = "An optical fibre sensor is presented for applications in real-time in-vivo monitoring of the radiation dose a cancer patient receives during seed implantation in Brachytherapy. The sensor is based on radioluminescence whereby radiation sensitive scintillation material is embedded in the core of a 1mm plastic optical fibre. Three scintillation materials are investigated: thallium-doped caesium iodide (CsI:Tl), terbium-doped gadolinium oxysulphide (Gd2O2S:Tb) and europium-doped lanthanum oxysulphide (La2O2S:Eu). Terbium-doped gadolinium oxysulphide was identified as being the most suitable scintillator and further testing demonstrates its measureable response to different activities of Iodine- 125, the radio-active source commonly used in Brachytherapy for treating prostate cancer.",
keywords = "Brachytherapy, Dosimetry, Optical fibre, Radiation sensor, Radioluminescence, Radiotherapy",
author = "P. Woulfe and Sullivan, {F. J.} and E. Lewis and S. O'Keeffe",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 SPIE.; 24th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, OFS 2015 ; Conference date: 28-09-2015 Through 02-10-2015",
year = "2015",
doi = "10.1117/12.2195213",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Kalinowski, {Hypolito Jose} and Fabris, {Jose Luis} and Bock, {Wojtek J.}",
booktitle = "24th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, OFS 2015",
}
