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http://dx.doi.org/10.7742/jksr.2013.7.1.081

The Feasibility Study of photoconductor materials for the use of a dosimeter in Radiotherapy  

Jang, Giwon (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Shin, Jungwook (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Oh, Kyungmin (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Park, Sungkwang (Inje University, Radiation Oncology, Busan Paik hospital)
Kim, Jinyoung (Inje University, Radiation Oncology, Haeundae Paik hospital)
Park, Jikoon (Dept. of Radiology Science, International University of Korea)
Nam, Sanghee (Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Inje University)
Publication Information
Journal of the Korean Society of Radiology / v.7, no.1, 2013 , pp. 81-84 More about this Journal
Abstract
The use of the dosimetry have been increasingly recognized as high radiation energy and radiation treatment planning(RTP) have rapidly developed in radiotherapy. There are many types of detectors for the dosimetry such as ionization chamber, film, TLD, diode, and etc. Among such detectors, the diode detector uses a photoconductor materials that generate electrical signals by the incident radiation energy. Though many research groups are recently interested in such materials, there is few experimental results except for silicon in the radiation therapy field. In this study, the feasibility of photoconductor materials was verified as a dosimeter through the evaluation of response properties at a high radiation energy. For the fabricated detectors based on $HgI_2$ and $PbI_2$, reproducibility, linearity, and pulse-rate response were analyzed. Such evaluations are essential factors for the use of dosimeter. From results, linearity and reproducibility of the fabricated $HgI_2$ detector indicated about 7% error. The fabricated $PbI_2$ detector showed 1.7% error in linearity, and 12.2% error in reproducibility.
Keywords
Radiation Therapy; Quality Assurance; Dosimeter; Photoconductor; $HgI_2$; $TiO_2$; Linearity; Reproducibility;
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