Acquiring beam data for a flattening-filter free linear accelerator using organic scintillators

Anders Ravnsborg Beierholm; C.F. Behrens; L. Hoffmann; Claus Erik Andersen

doi:10.1016/j.radmeas.2013.04.003

Acquiring beam data for a flattening-filter free linear accelerator using organic scintillators

Anders Ravnsborg Beierholm, C.F. Behrens, L. Hoffmann, Claus Erik Andersen

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Fibre-coupled organic scintillators have been proven a credible alternative to clinically implemented methods for radiotherapy dosimetry, primarily due to their water equivalence and good spatial resolution. Furthermore, the fast response of the scintillators can be exploited to perform time-resolved dosimetry on a highly detailed level. In this study, we present beam data for a Varian TrueBeam linear accelerator, which is capable of delivering flattening-filter free (FFF1) clinical X-ray beams. The beam data have been acquired using an in-house developed dosimetry system based on fibre-coupled organic scintillators. The presented data exhibit high accuracy and precision when compared with data obtained using commercial dosimetry methods, and agree well with results published in the literature.

Original language	English
Journal	Radiation Measurements
Volume	56
Pages (from-to)	290-293
ISSN	1350-4487
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2013.04.003
Publication status	Published - 2013
Event	8th International Conference on Luminescent Detectors and Transformers of Ionizing Radiation - Halle, Germany Duration: 10 Sept 2013 → 14 Sept 2013 Conference number: 8 http://www.contoo.de/c/lumdetr2012/

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Conference	8th International Conference on Luminescent Detectors and Transformers of Ionizing Radiation
Number	8
Country/Territory	Germany
City	Halle
Period	10/09/2013 → 14/09/2013
Internet address	http://www.contoo.de/c/lumdetr2012/

Keywords

Flattening-filter free - FFF
flattening filter - FF
linear accelerator - linac
Copenhagen University Hospital Herlev - HEH
Aarhus University Hospital - AUH
source to surface distance - SSD

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Acquiring beam data for a flattening-filter free linear accelerator using organic scintillators

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