@inproceedings{13a6683383094b01a64632971e55ba96,
title = "Terbium-doped gadolinium oxysulfide (Gd2O2S:Tb) scintillation-based polymer optical fibre sensor for real time monitoring of radiation dose in oncology",
abstract = "A PMMA based plastic optical fibre sensor for use in real time radiotherapy dosimetry is presented. The optical fibre tip is coated with a scintillation material, terbium-doped gadolinium oxysulfide (Gd2O2S:Tb), which fluoresces when exposed to ionising radiation (X-Ray). The emitted visible light signal penetrates the sensor optical fibre and propagates along the transmitting fibre at the end of which it is remotely monitored using a fluorescence spectrometer. The results demonstrate good repeatability, with a maximum percentage error of 0.5\% and the response is independent of dose rate.",
keywords = "Optical fibre dosimeter, Plastic optical fibres, brachytherapy, fluorescence, optical fibre sensor, radiotherapy, real time radiation measurement",
author = "E. Lewis and S. O'Keeffe and M. Grattan and A. Hounsell and D. McCarthy and P. Woulfe and J. Cronin and L. Mihai and D. Sporea and A. Santhanam and N. Agazaryan",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1117/12.2058572",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781628410891",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
booktitle = "Optical Sensing and Detection III",
note = "Optical Sensing and Detection III ; Conference date: 14-04-2014 Through 17-04-2014",
}