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p y Stimulated Luminescence
(OSL) dosimetry in radiotherapy
Joanna E.Cygler
yg 1 and Eduardo Yukihara2
Radiation
Radiation sensor
\
(insulating crystal)
Introduction to luminescence
d i t
dosimetry
STORAGE
Introduction to luminescence
d i t
dosimetry
READOUT
Light emission
(e.g., blue, UV)
Thermal
stimulation
ti l ti
(heating)
Introduction to luminescence
d i t
dosimetry
READOUT
Light
stimulation
(e.g., green)
Light emission
(e.g., blue, UV)
Introduction to luminescence
d i t
dosimetry
READOUT
Light
Optically Stimulated stimulation
Luminescence detectors (e.g., green)
(OSLD )
(OSLDs): Light emission
(e.g., blue, UV)
Al2O3:C (TLD500)
Light source
PMT
Detection filters
Stimulation OSL
filters
Dosimeter
(OSLD)
Methods of OSL stimulation
POSL (pulsed
( ls d OSL)
400
units)
300
constant
arbitratry u
200
W-OSL (a
100
CW
0
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Time (s)
POSL readout method
on intensity
Stimulatio
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550
on
State
Gate S
off
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550
Time (s)
Commercial OSL dosimetry systems
(L d
(Landauer I
Inc.))
InLightTM
One manufacturer
MicroStarTM
Two types of readers
CW- stimulation readout
Detectors
D t t from
f L
Landauer
d
Inc. only
www.Landauer.com, www.osldosimetry.com
OSL dosimeters
Dot nanoDot
Characteristics of Al2O3:C OSLDs
for radiotherapy applications
Ideal detector
Small size
Good reproducibility
None
None or well defined environmental corrections
Dose linearity
Dose
D rate
t independence
i d d
Energy independence
No directional dependence -isotropic response to
radiation
OSLD reproducibility
40
35
30
25
% number
20
15
10
0
0.94 0.96 0.98 1.00 1.02 1.04 1.06 1.08
Relative sensitivity
y
Courtesy of C. Yahnke
Environmental corrections
Temperature dependence
During irradiation
During readout
OSL temperature dependence
during irradiation
y units) 1000
800
g (arbitrary
600
Rdg
400
200
0
0 100 200 300 400 500
Dose / cGy
6 MV
6 MV X
X-rays 2020 0 990 0.3%
0.990 0 3% 0 987
0.987 1.00
1 00
Jursinic, Med. Phys. 34(12), 4594-4604, 2007 Yukihara et al, Phys Med Biol 53,
R351-R379, 2008
OSL LET dependence
1.0
0 8
0.8
Q(t))/Q(1min)
0.6
0.4
0.2
0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Time / min
S ( t ) A B e kt
In phantom
PDD
ROF
IMRT QA
In vivo
external beam (entrance, exit dose)
brachytherapy
60Co relative output factor
M Aznar,
M. Aznar Phys.
Phys Med.
Med Biol.
Biol 49,
49 1655
165569
69, 2004
OSL c e t dt
OSL c e t dt
Time (s)