Comparison of linear energy transfer measurement for therapeutic carbon beam using CR-39 and TLD.
J Radiol Prot
; 44(2)2024 Jun 14.
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| ID: mdl-38834051
ABSTRACT
The measurement of linear energy transfer (LET) is crucial for the evaluation of the radiation effect in heavy ion therapy. As two detectors which are convenient to implant into the phantom, the performance of CR-39 and thermoluminescence detector (TLD) for LET measurement was compared by experiment and simulation in this study. The results confirmed the applicability of both detectors for LET measurements, but also revealed that the CR-39 detector would lead to potential overestimation of dose-averaged LET compared with the simulation by PHITS, while the TLD would have a large uncertainty measuring ions with LET larger than 20 keVµm-1. The results of this study were expected to improve the detection method of LET for therapeutic carbon beam and would finally be benefit to the quality assurance of heavy ion radiotherapy.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Thermoluminescent Dosimetry
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Linear Energy Transfer
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Heavy Ion Radiotherapy
Language:
En
Journal:
J Radiol Prot
Journal subject:
RADIOLOGIA
Year:
2024
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Article