In-Vivo Dosimetry for Photon Radiotherapy Based on Pair Production

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Beitragende

Abstract

Experience during percutaneous ion beam therapy at Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung showed that the treatment can be improved by in-vivo dose monitoring that is independent of the irradiation device and based on positron emission tomography. It has been studied whether a similar technique can be implemented for high energy photon therapy. Simulation shows that the dose is closely related to the distribution of the annihilation points of positrons emerging from pair production. Design parameters of a detector system have been assessed which is capable of registering annihilation radiation during treatment. A test system has been assembled which can be operated with various scintillator crystals and avalanche photodiodes. A custom digital signal processing system has been implemented. Phantom experiments at a clinical linear accelerator disclosed a severe background that does not solely stem from scattered primary photons but from radiation directly emitted from the treatment head. It was not possible to shield the detectors sufficiently and thus there was no success in identifying annihilation radiation.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer5485093
Seiten (von - bis)1125-1131
Seitenumfang7
FachzeitschriftIEEE transactions on nuclear science
Jahrgang57
Ausgabenummer3
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 1 Juni 2010
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

Scopus 77953716907
ORCID /0000-0001-9023-3606/work/142252749

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Medical treatment, Radiation detectors, Ion beams, Monitoring, Positron emission tomography, Production, System testing, Assembly systems, Photonic crystals, Avalanche photodiodes