Investigation of dosimetric characteristics of radiochromic film in response to alpha particles emitted from Americium-241.
EBT3 film
alpha particle dosimetry
film dosimetry
Journal
Medical physics
ISSN: 2473-4209
Titre abrégé: Med Phys
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0425746
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
20 May 2024
20 May 2024
Historique:
revised:
15
02
2024
received:
26
08
2023
accepted:
15
03
2024
medline:
20
5
2024
pubmed:
20
5
2024
entrez:
20
5
2024
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
In radiotherapy, it is essential to deliver prescribed doses to tumors while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue. Accurate measurements of absorbed dose are required for this purpose. Gafchromic This study aimed to develop a dose-calibration protocol for the In this study, a MC-based user code was developed using the Geant4 simulation toolkit to model and simulate an The The developed MC user code simulated the experimental setup for
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
In radiotherapy, it is essential to deliver prescribed doses to tumors while minimizing damage to surrounding healthy tissue. Accurate measurements of absorbed dose are required for this purpose. Gafchromic
PURPOSE
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to develop a dose-calibration protocol for the
METHODS
METHODS
In this study, a MC-based user code was developed using the Geant4 simulation toolkit to model and simulate an
RESULTS
RESULTS
The
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
The developed MC user code simulated the experimental setup for
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Subventions
Organisme : Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología
Organisme : Canada First Research Excellence Fund
Organisme : Ministry of Economy and Innovation
ID : PSOv2b
Organisme : Canada Research Chairs
ID : 252135
Organisme : The McGill University Health Center Foundation
Organisme : Alpha Tau Mtd Ltd
Informations de copyright
© 2024 The Authors. Medical Physics published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Association of Physicists in Medicine.
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