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Ramírez, J. L. J. V. Studies on Tissue Interfaces Dosimetry in Radiotherapy Using Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Dosimetry by EPR. 2010. 112 f. Tese (Doutorado) Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, 2010 The accuracy and precision required in new radiation techniques is quite high, as is the case of Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (IMRT). Thus, the size of the dosimeters to be used in experimental measurements is critical. Moreover, the absence of lateral electronic equilibrium and the existence of intense dose gradients in the field present a challenge in determining the dose in the tumor. Some of the dosimeter used nowadays do not have spatial resolution or sensitivity consistent with the requirements of clinical dosimetry in these radiation techniques. The Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) dosimetry using the amino acid L-alanine as a dosimeter is a widely accepted method of dosimetric measurements of high-dose radiation. The goal of this thesis was to deepen the development of EPR dosimetry as a competitive method for applications in radiotherapy, fulfilling the requirements of precision and accuracy and compare measurements performed with L-alanine / EPR minidosimeters with other techniques and algorithms investigated. The new methodology of minidosimeters with 95% L-alanine and 5% polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), of 1 mm in diameter and 3 mm in height and with a mass 3.5 mg to 4.0 mg, was used for measurements of percentage depth dose (PDD) and field profiles in phantoms (inhomogeneous phantoms) irradiated with radiotherapy technique. The inhomogeneous phantoms were constructed with materials that simulate the soft tissue, lung, bone and other structures of the human body such as titanium, which is used in prostheses. The phantoms were irradiated with photons of 6 MeV maximum energy from a Siemens Primus linear accelerator with a dose of approximately 20 Gy. The results obtained experimentally with the L-alanine minidosimeters were compared with other procedures and techniques already validated such as, for example, film, treatment planning system (TPS) and Monte Carlo simulation with the code PENELOPE-2008, which allowed data comparison with the treatment planning system and an analysis of doses in the interface of different materials equivalent to the tissues. The curves of percentage depth dose (PDP) simulated with PENELOPE were validated with data from the Sector of Radiotherapy of HCFMRP-USP and were used as a dosimetric standard in this study. The lowest difference between simulated and experimental doses was 0.12% and the higher was 7.2%. The material with larger absorption was the Titanium with an attenuation factor of 40.43%. The present results demonstrate that the dosimetric system using EPR minidosimeters with 95% L-alanine and 5% PVA has a great potential in determining the dose from small fields new techniques in radiotherapy

Estudos dosimétricos em interfaces teciduais em radioterapia utilizando dosimetria por ressonância paramagnética eletrônica EPR