Open AccessThe effect of gel homogeneity on dose response in a low-density polymer gel dosimeter for radiation therapy
Author(s) -
Mehrdad Gholami,
Daryoush ShahbaziGahrouei
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.183204
Subject(s) - dosimeter , hounsfield scale , materials science , nuclear medicine , biomedical engineering , radiochemistry , dosimetry , chemistry , medicine , computed tomography , radiology
The human body consists of a variety of tissues and cavities with different physical and radiological properties. The most important among these are tissues and cavities including lungs, oral cavities, teeth, nasal passages, sinuses, and bones. Thus, the dose distribution in these tissues cannot be verified with soft tissue equivalent polymer gel dosimeters. This study is conducted to evaluate the effect of homogeneity on dose response of an anoxic low-density polymer gel dosimeter for radiation therapy.