Description
This book provides a first authoritative text on radiochromic film, covering the basic principles, technology advances, practical methods, and applications. It focuses on practical uses of radiochromic film in radiation dosimetry for diagnostic x-rays, brachytherapy, radiosurgery, external beam therapies (photon, electron, protons), stereotactic body radiotherapy, intensity-modulated radiotherapy, and other emerging radiation technologies. The expert authors address basic concepts, advantages, and the main applications including kilovoltage, brachytherapy, megavoltage, electron beam, proton beam, skin dose, in vivo dosimetry, postal and clinical trial dosimetry. The final chapters discuss the state of the art in microbeam, synchrotron radiation, and ultraviolet radiation dosimetry.
Table of Contents
I. BASICS
Introduction
Indra J Das
Historical Background, Development and Construction of Radiochromic Films
Martin Butson and Azam Niroomand-Rad
Physics and Characteristics of Radiochromic Films
Martin Butson, Gwi Cho, Simran Gill, and Dane Pope
Radiochromic Film Digitizers
Benjamin S. Rosen
II. APPLICATIONS
Kilovoltage X-ray Beam Dosimetry and Imaging
Robin Hill and Joel Poder
Application of the RadioChromic film for Dosimetric and Quality Assurance of the Brachytherapy Sources
Ali S. Meigooni and Sharifeh A. Dini
Megavoltage Beam Commissioning
Iori Sumida, David Barbee, and Indra J. Das
Application of Radiochromic Film to IMRT and VMAT Dosimetry
Tanya Kairn
Film Dosimetry for LINAC-Based SRS and SBRT
Maria Chan and Yulin Song
Gamma Knife
Steven J. Goetsch and Andy Xu
Use of Radiochromic Films in Commissioning and Quality Assurance of CyberKnife
Evaggelos Pantelis and Azam Niroomand-Rad
Application of Gafchromic Films for Tomotherapy
Edmond Sterpin and Damien Dumont
Small Field Dosimetry in Megavoltage Beams
Indra J Das and Johnny Morales
Use of Radiochromic Film in Electron Beam Radiation Therapy
Thomas R. Mazur and H. Harold Li
Proton Beam Dosimetry Using Radiochromic Film
Indra J Das
Skin Dose and Build-up Dose Assessment with EBT Film Dosimetry
Carlos De Wagter and Annemieke De Puysseleyr
In Vivo Dosimetry
Martin Butson, Gwi Cho, David Odgers, and Joel Poder
Postal and Clinical Trial Dosimetry
Tanya Kairn, Joerg Lehmann, Scott Crowe, Jessica E Lye, Paola Alvarez, David Followill and Tomas Kron
Use of Radiochromic Film with Synchrotron Radiation
Tomas Kron, Elizabeth Kyriakou, and Jeffrey C. Crosbie
Ultraviolet Radiation Dosimetry
Martin Butson, Samara Alzaidi, Tina Gorjiara, and Mamoon Haque
