Radiochromic Films for the Two-Dimensional Dose Distribution Assessment

Radiochromic films are mainly used for two-dimensional dose verification in photon, electron, and proton therapy treatments. Moreover, the radiochromic film types available today allow their use in a wide dose range, corresponding to applications from low-medical diagnostics to high-dose beam profil...

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Published inApplied sciences Vol. 11; no. 5; p. 2132
Main Author Casolaro, Pierluigi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.03.2021
Subjects
beam diagnostics
beam profile measurement
Dosimetry
Energy
Physics
Polyesters
Polymerization
Quality control
radiation detection
Radiation detectors
Radiation therapy
radiochromic film
Radioisotopes
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Summary:Radiochromic films are mainly used for two-dimensional dose verification in photon, electron, and proton therapy treatments. Moreover, the radiochromic film types available today allow their use in a wide dose range, corresponding to applications from low-medical diagnostics to high-dose beam profile measurements in charged particle medical accelerators. An in-depth knowledge of the characteristics of radiochromic films, of their operating principles, and of the dose reading techniques is of paramount importance to exploit all the features of this interesting and versatile radiation detection system. This short review focuses on these main aspects by considering the most recent works on the subject.
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ISSN:2076-3417
2076-3417
DOI:10.3390/app11052132