Online in vivo dosimetry in high dose rate prostate brchytherapy with MOSkin detectors: in phantom feasibility study.

نویسندگان

  • G Gambarini
  • M Carrara
  • C Tenconi
  • N Mantaut
  • M Borroni
  • D Cutajar
  • M Petasecca
  • I Fuduli
  • M Lerch
  • E Pignoli
  • A Rosenfeld
چکیده

MOSkin detectors were studied to perform real-time in vivo dose measurements in high dose rate prostate brachytherapy. Measurements were performed inside an urethral catheter in a gel phantom simulating a real prostate implant. Measured and expected doses were compared and the discrepancy was found to be within 8.9% and 3.8% for single MOSkin and dual-MOSkin configurations, respectively. Results show that dual-MOSkin detectors can be profitably adopted in prostate brachytherapy treatments to perform real-time in vivo dosimetry inside the urethra.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for use in agriculture, industry and medicine

دوره 83 Pt C  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2014