Using a small-core graphite calorimeter for dosimetry and scintillator quenching corrections in a therapeutic proton beam

Physics in Medicine and Biology
Jeppe Brage ChristensenClaus E Andersen

Abstract

Organic plastic scintillation detectors (PSDs) are known to produce less light per absorbed dose in highly dense radiations in comparison with e.g.60Co gamma beams. This so-called ionization density quenching can be experimentally determined by comparison of the scintillator output with the absorbed dose established with a reference detector. The hypothesis of this work was that a newly developed small-core graphite calorimeter (core size: ø5mm × 7mm) can be used as reference for such measurements. The potential benefit of a calorimetric reference would be to have a robust and accurate reference with well-understood dosimetry properties even in high-intensity FLASH beams. As a first step, the hypothesis was tested by comparing previously established quenching parameter estimates for the BCF-60 scintillating material with data obtained with the new instrument at different depths along the central axis of a 170 MeV scanned proton beam. After the calorimetric measurements, scintillator measurements were acquired under equivalent conditions by positioning the PSD in a replica graphite core nominally identical to the core used for calorimetry. To experimentally document details of the irradiations, the spot width was mapped along th...Continue Reading

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Feb 12, 2021·Physics in Medicine and Biology·Jeppe Brage ChristensenSairos Safai

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