title: Radiotherapy dosimetry using a commercial OSL system.
abstract: A commercial optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) system developed for radiation protection dosimetry by Landauer, Inc., the InLight microStar reader, was tested for dosimetry procedures in radiotherapy. The system uses carbon-doped aluminum oxide, Al2O3:C, as a radiation detector material. Using this OSL system, a percent depth dose curve for 60Co gamma radiation was measured in solid water. Field size and SSD dependences of the detector response were also evaluated. The dose response relationship was investigated between 25 and 400 cGy. The decay of the response with time following irradiation and the energy dependence of the Al2O3:C OSL detectors were also measured. The results obtained using OSL dosimeters show good agreement with ionization chamber and diode measurements carried out under the same conditions. Reproducibility studies show that the response of the OSL system to repeated exposures is 2.5% (1sd), indicating a real possibility of applying the Landauer OSL commercial system for radiotherapy dosimetric procedures.
authors.affiliation: Programa de Qualidade em Radioterapia, Instituto Nacional de Cancer (INCA/MS), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Viamonte
authors.forename: L A R
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: da Rosa
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cherpak
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Cygler
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D008163:Luminescent Measurements / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D011878:Radiotherapy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity