@inproceedings{63382aec45b148ea9ea140e5a9f7644e,
title = "Scintillation-Based Optical Fiber Dosimeters for High Dose Rate and Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy",
abstract = "Scintillation-based fiber dosimeters are a powerful tool for minimally invasive localized real-time monitoring of the dose rate during Low Dose Rate (LDR) and High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy (BT). This paper shows the design, fabrication and characterization of such dosimeters, consisting of scintillating sensor tips attached to polymer optical fiber (POF). The scintillating sensor tips consist of inorganic scintillators, dispersed in a polymer host. We present the design, fabrication and characterization of those sensor tips. The manufacturing is done by means of a custom compression and transfer moulding process implemented on a commercially available hot embossing machine. We show the manufacturing of 237 sensor tips, which are subsequently attached to the end of the POF using UV-curable adhesive. Finally, we perform dosimetry experiments in water phantoms which show a great potential for in-vivo dosimetry for brachytherapy.",
keywords = "Brachytherapy, Compression Moulding, Inorganic Scintillators, Optical Fiber Sensors, Plastic Optical Fiber, Radiation Sensor, Transfer Moulding",
author = "{Van Erps}, J. and Agnieszka Gierej and Tigran Baghdasaryan and Michael Martyn and Peter Woulfe and Laughlin, {Owen Mc} and Kevin Prise and Geraldine Workman and Sinead O'Keeffe and Kurt Rochlitz and Sergey Verlinski and Agnese Giaz and Romualdo Santoro and Massimo Caccia and Francis Berghmans",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2024 SPIE.; Optical Sensing and Detection VIII 2024 ; Conference date: 07-04-2024 Through 11-04-2024",
year = "2024",
doi = "10.1117/12.3017990",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Francis Berghmans and Ioanna Zergioti",
booktitle = "Optical Sensing and Detection VIII",
}