Using a thermoluminescent dosimeter to evaluate the location reliability of the highest–skin dose area detected by treatment planning in radiotherapy for breast cancer

Sun, Li‐Min; Huang, Chi‐Yu; Chen, Hsiao-Yun; Meng, Fanyun; Lu, Jing; Tsao, Min-Jen

doi:10.1016/j.meddos.2014.06.002

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“…The sensors that are applied to accurately measure radiation doses are often called dosimeters. They include metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), silicon diodes, films, ionization chambers and thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLDs), as well as many others (Figure 1) [4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. MOSFETs are expensive and operate at high voltages, which makes them unsuitable for in situ dose measurements.…”

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Recent Advances in Hydrogel-Based Sensors Responding to Ionizing Radiation

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Jiang

Chen

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Ionizing radiation and its applications are widely spread throughout life. Similar to many other things, both the positive and negative aspects of ionizing radiation should always be kept in mind. For example, a proper radiation dose can be delivered to tumor tissue to kill malignant cells in radiotherapy. On the other hand, exceeding this dose can damage the normal tissues of a human organism. Therefore, the application of sensors for measuring ionizing radiation doses is of utmost importance in many fields, especially in cancer therapy. Traditional dosimeters, such as ionization chambers, silicon diodes and thermoluminescence dosimeters, are widely used. However, they have limitations in certain aspects. Hydrogel-based sensors (or dosimeters) for measuring ionizing radiation doses attract extensive attention for decades due to their equivalence to living tissue and biocompatibility. In this review, we catalog hydrogel-based dosimeters such as polymer, Fricke, radio-chromic, radio-fluorescence and NPs-embedded dosimeters. Most of them demonstrate desirable linear response and sensitivity regardless of energy and dose rate of ionizing radiation. We aim to review these dosimeters and their potential applications in radiotherapy as well as to stimulate a joint work of the experts from different fields such as materials science, chemistry, cancer therapy, radiobiology and nuclear science.

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