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Real-time dosimetry with Yb-doped silica optical fibres

2017; IOP Publishing; Volume: 62; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1088/1361-6560/aa642f

1361-6560

I. Veronese, N. Chiodini, S. Cialdi, Eduardo d’Ippolito, Mauro Fasoli, Salvatore Gallo, Stefano La Torre, E. Monès, A. Vedda, G. Loi,

Radiation Therapy and Dosimetry

Over the years, many efforts have been made to develop radiation detectors to handle the complex issues of small field dosimetry and achieve the increasing accuracy, precision and in vivo dose monitoring required by the new advanced treatment modalities. In this context, interest has surged in the development of sensors based on scintillating optical fibres. In this paper, the near-infrared radioluminescence and dosimetric properties of Yb-doped silica optical fibres, coupled with a laboratory prototype based on an avalanche photodiode, were studied by irradiating the fibres with photons and electron beams generated by a Varian Trilogy accelerator. The performance of the system in standard and small field sizes has also been investigated, comparing the output factor, percentage depth dose and off-axis ratio measurements of the prototypal detector with other commercial sensors, including the Exradin W1 scintillator.