Dosimetric characteristics of fabricated silica fibre for postal radiotherapy dose audits
Present investigation aims to establish the dosimetric characteristics of a novel fabricated flat fibre TLD system for postal radiotherapy dose audits. Various thermoluminescence (TL) properties have been investigated for five sizes of 6 mol% Ge-doped optical fibres. Key dosimetric characteristics i...
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| author | Ahmad Fadzil, Muhammad Safwan Ramli, N. N. H. Jusoh, M. A. Kadni, Taiman Bradley, David Andrew Ung, Ngie Min Hashim, Suhairul Mohd. Noor, Noramaliza |
| author_facet | Ahmad Fadzil, Muhammad Safwan Ramli, N. N. H. Jusoh, M. A. Kadni, Taiman Bradley, David Andrew Ung, Ngie Min Hashim, Suhairul Mohd. Noor, Noramaliza |
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| description | Present investigation aims to establish the dosimetric characteristics of a novel fabricated flat fibre TLD system for postal radiotherapy dose audits. Various thermoluminescence (TL) properties have been investigated for five sizes of 6 mol% Ge-doped optical fibres. Key dosimetric characteristics including reproducibility, linearity, fading and energy dependence have been established. Irradiations were carried out using a linear accelerator (linac) and a Cobalt-60 machine. For doses from 0.5 Gy up to 10 Gy, Ge-doped flat fibres exhibit linearity between TL yield and dose, reproducible to better than 8% standard deviation (SD) following repeat measurements (n = 3). For photons generated at potentials from 1.25 MeV to 10 MV an energy-dependent response is noted, with a coefficient of variation (CV) of less than 40% over the range of energies investigated. For 6.0 mm length flat fibres 100 μm thick × 350 pm wide, the TL fading loss following 30 days of storage at room temperature was < 8%. The Ge-doped flat fibre system represents a viable basis for use in postal radiotherapy dose audits, corrections being made for the various factors influencing the TL yield |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-524262018-09-17T04:08:20Z http://eprints.utm.my/52426/ Dosimetric characteristics of fabricated silica fibre for postal radiotherapy dose audits Ahmad Fadzil, Muhammad Safwan Ramli, N. N. H. Jusoh, M. A. Kadni, Taiman Bradley, David Andrew Ung, Ngie Min Hashim, Suhairul Mohd. Noor, Noramaliza Q Science Present investigation aims to establish the dosimetric characteristics of a novel fabricated flat fibre TLD system for postal radiotherapy dose audits. Various thermoluminescence (TL) properties have been investigated for five sizes of 6 mol% Ge-doped optical fibres. Key dosimetric characteristics including reproducibility, linearity, fading and energy dependence have been established. Irradiations were carried out using a linear accelerator (linac) and a Cobalt-60 machine. For doses from 0.5 Gy up to 10 Gy, Ge-doped flat fibres exhibit linearity between TL yield and dose, reproducible to better than 8% standard deviation (SD) following repeat measurements (n = 3). For photons generated at potentials from 1.25 MeV to 10 MV an energy-dependent response is noted, with a coefficient of variation (CV) of less than 40% over the range of energies investigated. For 6.0 mm length flat fibres 100 μm thick × 350 pm wide, the TL fading loss following 30 days of storage at room temperature was < 8%. The Ge-doped flat fibre system represents a viable basis for use in postal radiotherapy dose audits, corrections being made for the various factors influencing the TL yield Institute of Physics Publishing 2014 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/52426/1/SuhairulHashim2014_Dosimetriccharacteristicsoffabricated.pdf Ahmad Fadzil, Muhammad Safwan and Ramli, N. N. H. and Jusoh, M. A. and Kadni, Taiman and Bradley, David Andrew and Ung, Ngie Min and Hashim, Suhairul and Mohd. Noor, Noramaliza (2014) Dosimetric characteristics of fabricated silica fibre for postal radiotherapy dose audits. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 546 (1). ISSN 1742-6588 http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/546/1/012010 DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/546/1/012010 |
| spellingShingle | Q Science Ahmad Fadzil, Muhammad Safwan Ramli, N. N. H. Jusoh, M. A. Kadni, Taiman Bradley, David Andrew Ung, Ngie Min Hashim, Suhairul Mohd. Noor, Noramaliza Dosimetric characteristics of fabricated silica fibre for postal radiotherapy dose audits |
| title | Dosimetric characteristics of fabricated silica fibre for postal radiotherapy dose audits |
| title_full | Dosimetric characteristics of fabricated silica fibre for postal radiotherapy dose audits |
| title_fullStr | Dosimetric characteristics of fabricated silica fibre for postal radiotherapy dose audits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dosimetric characteristics of fabricated silica fibre for postal radiotherapy dose audits |
| title_short | Dosimetric characteristics of fabricated silica fibre for postal radiotherapy dose audits |
| title_sort | dosimetric characteristics of fabricated silica fibre for postal radiotherapy dose audits |
| topic | Q Science |
| url | http://eprints.utm.my/52426/1/SuhairulHashim2014_Dosimetriccharacteristicsoffabricated.pdf |
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