title: Alanine-ESR in vivo dosimetry: a feasibility study and possible applications.
abstract: A new alanine-ESR dosimeter has been developed at AERIAL in order to study its potential use in radiotherapy. Alanine-ESR results are compared with ion chamber for depth-dose measurements. A good concordance has been found between provisional dosimetry and absorbed dose during high dose rate and intra operative treatments. The results of the experiments indicate that alanine-ESR dosimetry is suited to check dose optimisation routines and seems to be a promising in vivo dosimetry technique.
authors.affiliation: AERIAL, Schiltighem, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kuntz
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Pabst
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Delpech
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Wagner
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marchioni
mesh_terms: D000409:Alanine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000528:radiation effects*; D001918:Brachytherapy; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000032:analysis / Q000528:radiation effects; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy; D019047:Phantoms, Imaging; D011874:Radiometry / Q000379:methods*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D011880:Radiotherapy Planning, Computer-Assisted; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D000409:Alanine