A Scintillating Fiber-optic Dosimeter for Co-60 Radiotherapy
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چکیده
In this study, we have fabricated a scintillating fiberoptic dosimeter (SFOD) for a Co-60 radiotherapy dosimetry. The γrays generated from a Co-60 machine are measured using a SFOD and percent depth dose (PDD) curves are obtained according to the different depths of water phantom. Also, Cerenkov lights generated by the interactions of primary or secondary electrons and a plastic optical fiber are measured at different depths of a water phantom using a background optical fiber.
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