title: Liquid scintillator for 2D dosimetry for high-energy photon beams.
abstract: Complex radiation therapy techniques require dosimetric verification of treatment planning and delivery. The authors investigated a liquid scintillator (LS) system for application for real-time high-energy photon beam dosimetry. The system was comprised of a transparent acrylic tank filled with liquid scintillating material, an opaque outer tank, and a CCD camera. A series of images was acquired when the tank with liquid scintillator was irradiated with a 6 MV photon beam, and the light data measured with the CCD camera were filtered to correct for scattering of the optical light inside the liquid scintillator. Depth-dose and lateral profiles as well as two-dimensional (2D) dose distributions were found to agree with results from the treatment planning system. Further, the corrected light output was found to be linear with dose, dose rate independent, and is robust for single or multiple acquisitions. The short time needed for image acquisition and processing could make this system ideal for fast verification of the beam characteristics of the treatment machine. This new detector system shows a potential usefulness of the LS for 2D QA.
authors: Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard., Unit 94, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors: Falk
authors: F
authors: Pönisch
authors: Louis
authors: L
authors: Archambault
authors: Tina Marie
authors: TM
authors: Briere
authors: Narayan
authors: N
authors: Sahoo
authors: Radhe
authors: R
authors: Mohan
authors: Sam
authors: S
authors: Beddar
authors: Michael T
authors: MT
authors: Gillin
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D017785:Photons / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011874:Radiometry / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D020266:Radiotherapy, Conformal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011882:Radiotherapy, High-Energy / Q000295:instrumentation*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012588:Scintillation Counting / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012996:Solutions
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions