Author: Takeshita, E.
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WEPF24 Development of Three-Dimensional Dose Verification System using a Fluorescent Screen in Ion Beam Therapy 601
 
  • Y. Hara, T. Furukawa, K. Mizushima, K. Noda, N. S. Saotome, T. Shirai, E. Takeshita, R. Tansho
    NIRS, Chiba-shi, Japan
  • Y. Saraya
    National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan
 
  For quality assurance (QA) of therapeutic ion beams, QA tool having high spatial resolution and quick verification is required. The imaging system with a fluorescent screen is suitable for QA procedure. We developed a quick verification system (NQA-SCN) using a fluorescent screen with a charge-coupled device (CCD) camera for the sake of two dimensional dosimetry. In carbon-ion therapy, the fluorescent light is decreased by suffering from quenching effect due to the increased linear energy transfer (LET) in the Bragg peak. For the use of three-dimensional dose verification, we performed a simple correction for quenching effect and several types of corrections for the optical artifact. In addition, NQA-SCN is attached with an accordion-type water phantom which makes it possible to easily change measurement depth. To evaluate the performance of NQA-SCN, we carried out experiments concerning QA procedures. In my presentation, we provide correction methods and detailed analysis of measured results.  
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