Plastic optical fibre sensor for in-vivo radiation monitoring during brachytherapy
Peter Woulfea b, Francis J Sullivana c, Elfed Lewisb, Sinéad O’Keeffeb
- aGalway Clinic (Ireland)
- bUniv. of Limerick (Ireland)
- cNational Univ. of Ireland Galway (Ireland)
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Abstract
An optical fibre sensor is presented for applications in real-time in-vivo monitoring of the radiation dose a cancer patient receives during seed implantation in Brachytherapy. The sensor is based on radioluminescence whereby radiation sensitive scintillation material is embedded in the core of a 1mm plastic optical fibre. Three scintillation materials are investigated: thallium-doped caesium iodide (CsI:Tl), terbium-doped gadolinium oxysulphide (Gd2O2S:Tb) and europium-doped lanthanum oxysulphide (La2O2S:Eu). Terbium-doped gadolinium oxysulphide was identified as being the most suitable scintillator and further testing demonstrates its measureable response to different activities of Iodine-125, the radio-active source commonly used in Brachytherapy for treating prostate cancer.
TL;DRTerbium-doped gadolinium oxysulphide was identified as being the most suitable scintillator and further testing demonstrates its measureable response to different activities of Iodine-125, the radio-active source commonly used in Brachytherapy for treating prostate cancer. (Semantic Scholar)