Characterization of a new scintillation imaging system for proton pencil beam dose rate measurements
Mahbubur Rahman, Petr Brůža, K Langen, David J. Gladstone, Xu Cao, Brian W. Pogue, Rongxiao Zhang
Abstract
spatial resolution. These dose rate temporal profiles, spatial maps, and cumulative dose rate histograms provide useful metrics for the potential evaluation and optimization of dose rate in treatment plans.
Topics & Concepts
ScintillationPencil-beam scanningImage resolutionOpticsPencil (optics)Nuclear medicineDose profileProton therapyMaterials scienceFrame rateDosimetryPhysicsBeam (structure)DetectorMedicineRadiation Therapy and DosimetryRadiation Detection and Scintillator TechnologiesAdvanced Radiotherapy Techniques