INVESTIGADORES
VALENTE Mauro Andres
artículos
Título:
Preliminary results from polymer gel dosimeter for absorbed dose imaging in radiotherapy
Autor/es:
M. MARIANI; E. VANOSSI; G. GAMBARINI; M. CARRARA; M. VALENTE
Revista:
RADIATION PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY (OXFORD)
Editorial:
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Referencias:
Año: 2007 vol. 76 p. 1507 - 1510
ISSN:
0969-806X
Resumen:
The reliability for radiotherapy applications of a normoxic-polymer gel dosimeter, analysed by mean of optical methods, was studied. The optical transmittance was measured with a spectrophotometer and imaged with a CCD camera. The characteristics of sensitivity, spatial resolution, image stability, linearity of the response and reproducibility were investigated and analysed. Radiation induces a radical polymerization in the gel matrix and the resulting macromolecules remain fixed in space making therefore possible the absorbed dose imaging.
