Fricke dosimeter gel measurements of the profiles of shielded fields

In radiation therapy, the shielding of normal tissue can be made using Cerrobend® blocks or a multileaf collimator. In this work, profiles of shielded fields collimated by Cerrobend blocks were obtained through the Fricke Xylenol Gel (FXG) dosimeter irradiated with 6MV photon beams. The results show...

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Published in:	Applied radiation and isotopes Vol. 82; pp. 239 - 241
Main Authors:	Pirani, Luis F., Moreira, Marcos V., Costa, Jhonatha J.L., Oliveira, Lucas N., Caldas, Linda V.E., de Almeida, Adelaide
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	England Elsevier Ltd 01-12-2013
Subjects:	Cerrobend blocks Fricke gel Humans Photons Radiometry - instrumentation Radiometry - methods Radiotherapy Dosage Radiotherapy, Conformal - instrumentation Radiotherapy, Conformal - statistics & numerical data Scattering, Radiation Small fields Cerrobend blocks Small fields Fricke gel
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Summary:	In radiation therapy, the shielding of normal tissue can be made using Cerrobend® blocks or a multileaf collimator. In this work, profiles of shielded fields collimated by Cerrobend blocks were obtained through the Fricke Xylenol Gel (FXG) dosimeter irradiated with 6MV photon beams. The results show that the FXG system can be used in profile measurements of small fields in radiotherapy.
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ISSN:	0969-8043 1872-9800
DOI:	10.1016/j.apradiso.2013.08.009