• DocumentCode
    3571930
  • Title

    Air core metallic light guides for scintillation dosimetery in radiotherapy

  • Author

    Naseri, P. ; Fleming, Simon ; Suchowerska, N. ; McKenzie, D.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Cerenkov radiation introduces an unwanted background in scintillation dosimeters coupled to an optical fibre used for megavoltage radiotherapy, causing inaccuracies. We analyse propagation in air core light guides which do not suffer from this problem.
  • Keywords
    Cherenkov radiation; dosimeters; dosimetry; optical fibre couplers; radiation therapy; solid scintillation detectors; Cerenkov radiation; air core metallic light guides; optical fibre; radiotherapy; scintillation dosimeters; scintillation dosimetry; Electron tubes; Optical fibers; Reflection; Scattering; Silicon compounds; Silver; Fresnel reflection; dosimtery; scintillation; skew ray; waveguide;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology (ACOFT), 2010 35th Australian Conference on
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACOFT.2010.5929932
  • Filename
    5929932
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3571930