Review of plastic and liquid scintillation dosimetry for photon, electron, and proton therapy.
While scintillation dosimetry has been around for decades, the need for a dosimeter tailored to the reality of modern radiation therapy-in particular a real-time, water-equivalent, energy-independent dosimeter with high spatial resolution-has generated renewed interest in scintillators over the last 10 years. With the advent of at least one commercial plastic scintillation dosimeter and the ever-growing scientific literature on this subject, this topical review is intended to provide the medical physics community with a wide overview of scintillation physics, related optical concepts, and applications of plastic scintillation dosimetry.
Département de physique, de génie physique et d'optique et Centre de recherche sur le cancer, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada. Département de radio-oncologie et CRCHU de Québec, CHU de Québec, QC, Canada.
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Beaulieu
Sam
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Beddar