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Szreder T, Kisała J, Bojanowska-Czajka A, Kasperkowiak M, Pogocki D, Bobrowski K, Trojanowicz M. High energy radiation - Induced cooperative reductive/oxidative mechanism of perfluorooctanoate anion (PFOA) decomposition in aqueous solution. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 295:133920. [PMID: 35143857 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2022.133920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/29/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 02/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The mechanism of high-energy radiation induced degradation of perfluorooctanoate anion (PFOA, C7F15COO-) was investigated in aqueous solutions. Identification and quantification of transient species was performed by pulse radiolysis and of final products by gas and ion chromatography, electrochemical method using fluoride ion-selective electrode and ESI-MS after γ-radiolysis. Experimental data were further supported by kinetic simulations and quantum mechanical calculations. Radiation induced degradation of PFOA includes as a primary step one-electron reduction of PFOA by hydrated electrons (e-aq) resulting in formation of [C7F15COO-]●-. The rate constants of this reaction were found to be in the range 7.7 × 107-1.3 × 108 M-1s-1 for ionic strength of the solutions in the range 0.01-0.1 M and were independent of pH of the solutions. At pH > 11 [C7F15COO-]●- tends to defluorination whereas at lower pH undergoes protonation forming [C7F15COOH]•-. A sequence of consecutive reactions involving [C7F15COOH]•- leads to PFOA regeneration what explains a high radiation resistance of PFOA at moderately acidic solutions. A simultaneous presence of oxidizing transient species (●OH) in the irradiated system enhanced decomposition of (C7F14)·COO- as well as [C7F15COOH]•-. The key steps in this complex radical mechanism are the reactions of both these radical anions with ●OH leading to semi-stable products which further undergo consecutive thermal reactions. On the other hand, direct reactions of PFOA with ●OH and ●H were found to be relatively slow (7 × 103 and <4 × 107 M-1s-1, respectively) and do not play relevant role in PFOA degradation. Collected for the first time results, such as dependence of selected reaction rate constants and selected products radiation chemical yields on pH as well as finding of several semi-stable products, missing in previous studies, indicate incompleteness of published earlier reaction pathways of PFOA degradation. The presented overall mechanism explains experimental results and verifies previously suggested mechanisms found in the literature.
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- Tomasz Szreder
- Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Dorodna 16, 03-195, Warsaw, Poland.
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- College of Natural Science, University of Rzeszów, Pigonia 1, 35-310, Rzeszów, Poland
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- Centre for Advanced Technologies, Adam Mickiewicz University, Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 10, 61-614, Poznań, Poland
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- Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Dorodna 16, 03-195, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Dorodna 16, 03-195, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Dorodna 16, 03-195, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, Pasteura 1, 02-092, Warsaw, Poland
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Ba Sunbul NH, Zhang W, Oraiqat I, Litzenberg DW, Lam KL, Cuneo K, Moran JM, Carson PL, Wang X, Clarke SD, Matuszak MM, Pozzi SA, El Naqa I. A simulation study of ionizing radiation acoustic imaging (iRAI) as a real-time dosimetric technique for ultra-high dose rate radiotherapy (UHDR-RT). Med Phys 2021; 48:6137-6151. [PMID: 34431520 PMCID: PMC8943858 DOI: 10.1002/mp.15188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 08/03/2021] [Accepted: 08/03/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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PURPOSE Electron-based ultra-high dose rate radiation therapy (UHDR-RT), also known as Flash-RT, has shown the ability to improve the therapeutic index in comparison to conventional radiotherapy (CONV-RT) through increased sparing of normal tissue. However, the extremely high dose rates in UHDR-RT have raised the need for accurate real-time dosimetry tools. This work aims to demonstrate the potential of the emerging technology of Ionized Radiation Acoustic Imaging (iRAI) through simulation studies and investigate its characteristics as a promising relative in vivo dosimetric tool for UHDR-RT. METHODS The detection of induced acoustic waves following a single UHDR pulse of a modified 6 MeV 21EX Varian Clinac in a uniform porcine gelatin phantom that is brain-tissue equivalent was simulated for an ideal ultrasound transducer. The full 3D dose distributions in the phantom for a 1 × 1 cm2 field were simulated using EGSnrc (BEAMnrc∖DOSXYZnrc) Monte Carlo (MC) codes. The relative dosimetry simulations were verified with dose experimental measurements using Gafchromic films. The spatial dose distribution was converted into an initial pressure source spatial distribution using the medium-dependent dose-pressure relation. The MATLAB-based toolbox k-Wave was then used to model the propagation of acoustic waves through the phantom and perform time-reversal (TR)-based imaging reconstruction. The effect of the various linear accelerator (linac) operating parameters, including linac pulse duration and pulse repetition rate (frequency), were investigated as well. RESULTS The MC dose simulation results agreed with the film measurement results, specifically at the central beam region up to 80% dose within approximately 5% relative error for the central profile region and a local relative error of <6% for percentage dose depth. IRAI-based FWHM of the radiation beam was within approximately 3 mm relative to the MC-simulated beam FWHM at the beam entrance. The real-time pressure signal change agreed with the dose changes proving the capability of the iRAI for predicting the beam position. IRAI was tested through 3D simulations of its response to be based on the temporal changes in the linac operating parameters on a dose per pulse basis as expected theoretically from the pressure-dose proportionality. The pressure signal amplitude obtained through 2D simulations was proportional to the dose per pulse. The instantaneous pressure signal amplitude decreases as the linac pulse duration increases, as predicted from the pressure wave generation equations, such that the shorter the linac pulse the higher the signal and the better the temporal (spatial) resolutions of iRAI. The effect of the longer linac pulse duration on the spatial resolution of the 3D constructed iRAI images was corrected for linac pulse deconvolution. This correction has improved the passing rate of the 1%/1 mm gamma test criteria, between the pressure-constructed and dosimetric beam characteristics, to as high as 98%. CONCLUSIONS A full simulation workflow was developed for testing the effectiveness of iRAI as a promising relative dosimetry tool for UHDR-RT radiation therapy. IRAI has shown the advantage of 3D dose mapping through the dose signal linearity and, hence, has the potential to be a useful dosimeter at depth dose measurement and beam localization and, hence, potentially for in vivo dosimetry in UHDR-RT.
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- Noora H Ba Sunbul
- Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Machine Learning, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- Department of Machine Learning, Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Mantuano A, Lemos Mota C, Salata C, Pickler A, Alexandre Gonçalves Magalhães L, de Almeida CE. A pilot study of a postal dosimetry system using the Fricke dosimeter for research irradiators. Phys Med 2021; 84:214-219. [PMID: 33752946 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2021.02.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Cobalt-60 irradiators and soft X-ray machines are frequently used for research purposes, but the dosimetry is not always performed using the recommended protocols. This may lead to confusing and untrustworthy results within the conducted research. Postal dosimetry systems have already been approved by the IAEA, with thermoluminescence dosimeters (TLD) and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) as the most commonly used dosimeter systems in these cases. The present study tests the Fricke dosimeter properties as a potential system to be used in postal dosimetry for a project using research irradiators. The Fricke solution was prepared according to the literature, and the linearity and fading tests were performed accordingly. All calculated doses were measured using a NE2571 Farmer ionization chamber as a reference. Doses ranging from 25 to 300 Gy were delivered by a research irradiator, with 150 kV and 22 mA to the Fricke solutions inside polyethylene (PE) bags (4 × 4 × 0.2 cm3). The results compared with the ionization chamber showed a linear response to the range of doses used. Fading tests showed no significant difference for the absorbed doses over 9 days, with a maximum difference of 1.5% found between days 0 and 3. The Fricke dosimeter presented good linearity, for low and high doses, and low uncertainties for the fading even for 9 days after irradiation. These preliminary results are motivating, and as the next step, we intend to design a postal dosimetry system using the PE bags of Fricke solution.
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- Andrea Mantuano
- Radiological Sciences Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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- Radiological Sciences Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Physics Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Radiological Sciences Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Department of Medical and Research Facilities, National Nuclear Energy Authority (CNEN), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Radiological Sciences Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Radiological Sciences Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Grilj V, Buonanno M, Welch D, Brenner DJ. Proton Irradiation Platforms for Preclinical Studies of High-Dose-Rate (FLASH) Effects at RARAF. Radiat Res 2020; 194:646-655. [PMID: 32926735 DOI: 10.1667/rade-20-00062.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/31/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Limited availability of proton irradiators optimized for high-dose-rate studies makes the preclinical research of proton FLASH therapy challenging. We assembled two proton irradiation platforms that are capable of delivering therapeutic doses to thin biological samples at dose rates equal to and above 100 Gy/s. We optimized and tested dosimetry protocols to assure accurate dose delivery regardless of the instantaneous dose rate. The simplicity of the experimental setups and availability of custom-designed sample holders allows these irradiation platforms to be easily adjusted to accommodate different types of samples, including cell monolayers, 3D tissue models and small animals. We have also fabricated a microfluidic flow-through device for irradiations of biological samples in suspension. We present one example of a measurement with accompanying preliminary results for each of the irradiation platforms. One irradiator was used to study the role of proton dose rate on cell survival for three cancer cell lines, while the other was used to investigate the depletion of oxygen from an aqueous solution by water radiolysis using short intense proton pulses. No dose-rate-dependent variation was observed between the survival fractions of cancer cells irradiated at dose rates of 0.1, 10 and 100 Gy/s up to 10 Gy. On the other hand, irradiations of Fricke solution at 1,000 Gy/s indicated full depletion of oxygen after proton doses of 107 Gy and 56 Gy for samples equilibrated with 21% and 4% oxygen, respectively.
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- V Grilj
- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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Ramos-Méndez J, Domínguez-Kondo N, Schuemann J, McNamara A, Moreno-Barbosa E, Faddegon B. LET-Dependent Intertrack Yields in Proton Irradiation at Ultra-High Dose Rates Relevant for FLASH Therapy. Radiat Res 2020; 194:351-362. [PMID: 32857855 PMCID: PMC7644138 DOI: 10.1667/rade-20-00084.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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FLASH radiotherapy delivers a high dose (≥10 Gy) at a high rate (≥40 Gy/s). In this way, particles are delivered in pulses as short as a few nanoseconds. At that rate, intertrack reactions between chemical species produced within the same pulse may affect the heterogeneous chemistry stage of water radiolysis. This stochastic process suits the capabilities of the Monte Carlo method, which can model intertrack effects to aid in radiobiology research, including the design and interpretation of experiments. In this work, the TOPAS-nBio Monte Carlo track-structure code was expanded to allow simulations of intertrack effects in the chemical stage of water radiolysis. Simulation of the behavior of radiolytic yields over a long period of time (up to 50 s) was verified by simulating radiolysis in a Fricke dosimeter irradiated by 60Co γ rays. In addition, LET-dependent G values of protons delivered in single squared pulses of widths, 1 ns, 1 µs and 10 µs, were obtained and compared to simulations using no intertrack considerations. The Fricke simulation for the calculated G value of Fe3+ ion at 50 s was within 0.4% of the accepted value from ICRU Report 34. For LET-dependent G values at the end of the chemical stage, intertrack effects were significant at LET values below 2 keV/µm. Above 2 keV/µm the reaction kinetics remained limited locally within each track and thus, effects of intertrack reactions remained low. Therefore, when track structure simulations are used to investigate the biological damage of FLASH irradiation, these intertrack reactions should be considered. The TOPAS-nBio framework with the expansion to intertrack chemistry simulation provides a useful tool to assist in this task.
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- J. Ramos-Méndez
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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- Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Facultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Puebla, Mexico
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California
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Rosado PH, Salata C, David MG, Mantuano A, Pickler A, Mota CL, de Almeida CE. Determination of the absorbed dose to water for medium-energy x-ray beams using Fricke dosimetry. Med Phys 2020; 47:5802-5809. [PMID: 32964481 DOI: 10.1002/mp.14473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 08/22/2020] [Accepted: 08/30/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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PURPOSE For x-ray beams in the low and medium energy range, reference dosimetry is established in terms of air kerma. Fricke dosimetry has shown great potential in the absolute measurements of the absorbed dose to water for high-energy ranges. Therefore, the main purpose of this work was to compare the absorbed dose to water for medium-energy x-ray beams obtained through Fricke dosimetry with that obtained from the air kerma rate. METHODS To determine the absorbed dose to water using Fricke dosimetry, the polyethylene bags methodology was chosen. Fricke solution was irradiated at four different beam qualities. The absorbed dose to water values obtained using Fricke dosimetry were compared to those obtained using the standard protocol, using the Z-score. RESULTS Values of the Z-score were <2 for all measurements of absorbed dose to water, which means that the values obtained using Fricke dosimetry are equivalent to those obtained using the reference protocol. The combined standard uncertainty for the absorbed dose to water obtained by Fricke dosimetry was lower than that obtained with the ionization chamber. CONCLUSIONS Chemical dosimetry using a standard FeSO4 solution has been demonstrated to be a potential option as a standard for the quantity absorbed dose to water for medium kV x-ray qualities.
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- Paulo Henrique Rosado
- Brazilian National Ionizing Radiation Metrology Laboratory, Radioprotection and Dosimetry Institute (IRD), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Department of Medical and Research Facilities, National Nuclear Energy Authority (CNEN), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Department of Medical and Research Facilities, National Nuclear Energy Authority (CNEN), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Radiological Sciences Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Polytechnic Institute of the Rio de Janeiro State University (IPRJ/UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Radiological Sciences Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Radiological Sciences Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Radiological Sciences Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.,Physics Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Radiological Sciences Department, Rio de Janeiro State University (UERJ), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Hickling S, Xiang L, Jones KC, Parodi K, Assmann W, Avery S, Hobson M, El Naqa I. Ionizing radiation‐induced acoustics for radiotherapy and diagnostic radiology applications. Med Phys 2018; 45:e707-e721. [DOI: 10.1002/mp.12929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2017] [Revised: 02/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/09/2017] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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- Susannah Hickling
- Department of Physics & Medical Physics Unit McGill University 1001 boul Decarie Montreal QC H4A 3J1Canada
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- School of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Oklahoma Norman OK 73019USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Rush University Medical Center Chicago IL 60612USA
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- Department of Medical Physics Ludwig‐Maximilians‐Universität Garching b. München 85748Germany
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- Department of Medical Physics Ludwig‐Maximilians‐Universität Garching b. München 85748Germany
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- Department of Radiation Oncology University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA19104USA
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- Medical Physics Unit McGill University Health Centre Montreal QC H4A 3J1Canada
- Department of Oncology Department of Physics & Medical Physics Unit McGill University Montreal QC H4A 3J1Canada
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- Department of Radiation Oncology University of Michigan Ann Arbor MI 48103‐4943USA
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Seco J, Clasie B, Partridge M. Review on the characteristics of radiation detectors for dosimetry and imaging. Phys Med Biol 2014; 59:R303-47. [PMID: 25229250 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/20/r303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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The enormous advances in the understanding of human anatomy, physiology and pathology in recent decades have led to ever-improving methods of disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment. Many of these achievements have been enabled, at least in part, by advances in ionizing radiation detectors. Radiology has been transformed by the implementation of multi-slice CT and digital x-ray imaging systems, with silver halide films now largely obsolete for many applications. Nuclear medicine has benefited from more sensitive, faster and higher-resolution detectors delivering ever-higher SPECT and PET image quality. PET/MR systems have been enabled by the development of gamma ray detectors that can operate in high magnetic fields. These huge advances in imaging have enabled equally impressive steps forward in radiotherapy delivery accuracy, with 4DCT, PET and MRI routinely used in treatment planning and online image guidance provided by cone-beam CT. The challenge of ensuring safe, accurate and precise delivery of highly complex radiation fields has also both driven and benefited from advances in radiation detectors. Detector systems have been developed for the measurement of electron, intensity-modulated and modulated arc x-ray, proton and ion beams, and around brachytherapy sources based on a very wide range of technologies. The types of measurement performed are equally wide, encompassing commissioning and quality assurance, reference dosimetry, in vivo dosimetry and personal and environmental monitoring. In this article, we briefly introduce the general physical characteristics and properties that are commonly used to describe the behaviour and performance of both discrete and imaging detectors. The physical principles of operation of calorimeters; ionization and charge detectors; semiconductor, luminescent, scintillating and chemical detectors; and radiochromic and radiographic films are then reviewed and their principle applications discussed. Finally, a general discussion of the application of detectors for x-ray nuclear medicine and ion beam imaging and dosimetry is presented.
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- Joao Seco
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA
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Moussous O, Khoudri S, Benguerba M. Characterization of a Fricke dosimeter at high energy photon and electron beams used in radiotherapy. AUSTRALASIAN PHYSICAL & ENGINEERING SCIENCES IN MEDICINE 2011; 34:523-8. [DOI: 10.1007/s13246-011-0093-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2010] [Accepted: 08/02/2011] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Irradiation of ferrous ammonium sulfate for its use as high absorbed dose and low-temperature dosimeter. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2007.02.106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Brede HJ, Greif KD, Hecker O, Heeg P, Heese J, Jones DTL, Kluge H, Schardt D. Absorbed dose to water determination with ionization chamber dosimetry and calorimetry in restricted neutron, photon, proton and heavy-ion radiation fields. Phys Med Biol 2006; 51:3667-82. [PMID: 16861773 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/15/005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Absolute dose measurements with a transportable water calorimeter and ionization chambers were performed at a water depth of 20 mm in four different types of radiation fields, for a collimated (60)Co photon beam, for a collimated neutron beam with a fluence-averaged mean energy of 5.25 MeV, for collimated proton beams with mean energies of 36 MeV and 182 MeV at the measuring position, and for a (12)C ion beam in a scanned mode with an energy per atomic mass of 430 MeV u(-1). The ionization chambers actually used were calibrated in units of air kerma in the photon reference field of the PTB and in units of absorbed dose to water for a Farmer-type chamber at GSI. The absorbed dose to water inferred from calorimetry was compared with the dose derived from ionometry by applying the radiation-field-dependent parameters. For neutrons, the quantities of the ICRU Report 45, for protons the quantities of the ICRU Report 59 and for the (12)C ion beam, the recommended values of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) protocol (TRS 398) were applied. The mean values of the absolute absorbed dose to water obtained with these two independent methods agreed within the standard uncertainty (k = 1) of 1.8% for calorimetry and of 3.0% for ionometry for all types and energies of the radiation beams used in this comparison.
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- H J Brede
- Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig,
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Martínez T, Lartigue J, Ramos-Bernal S, Ramos A, Mosqueira GF, Negrón-Mendoza A. Iron salts in solid state and in frozen solutions as dosimeters for low irradiation temperatures. Appl Radiat Isot 2005; 63:711-4. [PMID: 15985374 DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2005.05.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The aim of this work is to study the irradiation of iron salts in solid state (heptahydrated ferrous sulfate) and in frozen acid solutions. The study is focused on finding their possible use as dosimeters for low temperature irradiations and high doses. The analysis of the samples was made by UV-visible and Mössbauer spectroscopies. The output signal was linear from 0 to 10 MGy for the solid samples, and 0-600 Gy for the frozen solutions. The obtained data is reproducible and easy to handle. For these reasons, heptahydrate iron sulfate is a suitable dosimeter for low temperature and high irradiation doses, in solid state, and in frozen solution.
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- T Martínez
- Facultad de Química UNAM, Ciudad Universitaria, D.F. México, Mexico
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Huq MS, Andreo P. Advances in the determination of absorbed dose to water in clinical high-energy photon and electron beams using ionization chambers. Phys Med Biol 2004; 49:R49-104. [PMID: 15005158 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/4/r01] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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During the last two decades, absorbed dose to water in clinical photon and electron beams was determined using dosimetry protocols and codes of practice based on radiation metrology standards of air kerma. It is now recommended that clinical reference dosimetry be based on standards of absorbed dose to water. Newer protocols for the dosimetry of radiotherapy beams, based on the use of an ionization chamber calibrated in terms of absorbed dose to water, N(D,w), in a standards laboratory's reference quality beam, have been published by several national or regional scientific societies and international organizations. Since the publication of these protocols multiple theoretical and experimental dosimetry comparisons between the various N(D,w) based recommendations, and between the N(D,w) and the former air kerma (NK) based protocols, have been published. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the dosimetry protocols based on these standards and of the intercomparisons of the different protocols published in the literature, discussing the reasons for the observed discrepancies between them. A summary of the various types of standards of absorbed dose to water, together with an analysis of the uncertainties along the various steps of the dosimetry chain for the two types of formalism, is also included. It is emphasized that the NK-N(D,air) and N(D,w) formalisms have very similar uncertainty when the same criteria are used for both procedures. Arguments are provided in support of the recommendation for a change in reference dosimetry based on standards of absorbed dose to water.
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- M Saiful Huq
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Kimmel Cancer Center of Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA
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Stevens CW, Puppi M, Cerniglia GJ. Time-dose relationships in radiation-enhanced integration. Int J Radiat Biol 2001; 77:841-6. [PMID: 11571017 DOI: 10.1080/09553000110053882] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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PURPOSE We have shown that ionizing radiation increases recombination, as manifested by increased stable transduction of both plasmid and adenoviral vectors. This paper reports the duration of increased recombination after irradiation. MATERIALS AND METHODS A549 or NIH/3T3 cells were transfected at various times after irradiation. Cells were also irradiated with several fractionation schemes and then transfected. RESULTS Enhanced integration (EI) is a very long-lived process, lasting at least 2-3 days after single radiation fractions. The duration of EI activation is radiation dose-dependent. The efficiency of EI is dependent on radiation dose and independent of fractionation, such that low dose-rate, fractionated and single radiation doses result in similar levels of EI when corrected for differences in cytotoxicity. CONCLUSIONS Radiation, given with fraction sizes and dose-rates used in clinical radiation therapy, induces a long-lived hyper-recombination state. Since radiotherapy is already a component of treatment for many malignancies and is integrated into radiation-gene therapy trials, an understanding of recombination events that improve gene delivery is important and timely.
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- C W Stevens
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Center, 1515 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
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Wittkamper FW, Thierens H, Plaetsen AVD, Wagter CD, Mijnheer BJ. Perturbation correction factors for some ionization chambers commonly applied in electron beams. Phys Med Biol 2000. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/36/12/008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Klassen NV, Shortt KR, Seuntjens J, Ross CK. Fricke dosimetry: the difference between G(Fe3+) for 60Co gamma-rays and high-energy x-rays. Phys Med Biol 1999; 44:1609-24. [PMID: 10442700 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/7/303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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A calibration of the Fricke dosimeter is a measurement of epsilon G(Fe3+). Although G(Fe3+) is expected to be approximately energy independent for all low-LET radiation, existing data are not adequate to rule out the possibility of changes of a few per cent with beam quality. When a high-precision Fricke dosimeter, which has been calibrated for one particular low-LET beam quality, is used to measure the absorbed dose for another low-LET beam quality, the accuracy of the absorbed dose measurement is limited by the uncertainty in the value of G(Fe3+). The ratio of G(Fe3+) for high-energy x-rays (20 and 30 MV) to G(Fe3+) for 60Co gamma-rays, G(Fe3+)MV(Co), was measured to be 1.007(+/-0.003) (confidence level of 68%) using two different types of water calorimeter, a stirred-water calorimeter (20 MV) and a sealed-water calorimeter (20, 30 MV). This value is consistent with our calculations based on the LET dependence of G(primary products) and, as well, with published measurements and theoretical treatments of G(Fe3+).
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- N V Klassen
- Ionizing Radiation Standards, Institute for National Measurement Standards, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Seuntjens J, Palmans H. Correction factors and performance of a 4 degrees C sealed water calorimeter. Phys Med Biol 1999; 44:627-46. [PMID: 10211799 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/44/3/001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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In the past two decades, the water calorimetry technique for determination of absorbed dose to water in several types of radiation beams has moved significantly closer to being a recognized method. In this paper we summarize the constructional details of a 4 degrees C sealed water calorimeter currently in operation at the University of Gent. This sealed water (SW) calorimeter is of the Domen type and has been improved in several aspects compared with its original design. The relevant correction factors for heat transport and for field perturbation are described. Using relative response measurements in 60Co, we experimentally verified the relative heat defect for two distinct chemical systems, using two different detection vessel arrangements. The overall 1sigma uncertainty on the absorbed dose to water at 60Co based on this system amounts to 0.7%.
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- J Seuntjens
- Department of Biomedical Physics, University of Gent, Belgium.
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Seuntjens J, Thierens H, Schneider U. Correction factors for a cylindrical ionization chamber used in medium-energy X-ray beams. Phys Med Biol 1999. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/38/6/013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Shortt KR, Ross CK, Schneider M, Hohlfeld K, Roos M, Perroche AM. A comparison of absorbed dose standards for high-energy X-rays. Phys Med Biol 1999. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/38/12/016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Calorimetry has a long history as a technique for establishing the absorbed dose, and graphite calorimetry has often been used to establish absorbed dose standards for use in radiation therapy. However, a conversion process is necessary to convert from dose to graphite to dose to water, which is the quantity of clinical interest. In order to more directly measure the dose to water, considerable effort has been devoted in the last fifteen years to the development of water calorimetry. This article reviews these developments and summarizes the present status of water calorimetry. Absorbed dose standards based on water calorimetry and with a relative standard uncertainty of 0.5-1% now seem achievable.
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- C K Ross
- Institute for National Measurement Standards, National Research Council, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Ma CM, Nahum AE. Dose conversion and wall correction factors for Fricke dosimetry in high-energy photon beams: analytical model and Monte Carlo calculations. Phys Med Biol 1993; 38:93-114. [PMID: 8426871 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/38/1/007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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This paper presents the dose conversion and wall correction factors for Fricke dosimetry in high-energy photon beams calculated using both an analytical general cavity model and Monte Carlo techniques. The conversion factor is calculated as the ratio of the absorbed dose in water to that in the Fricke dosimeter solution with a water-walled vessel. The wall correction factor accounts for the change in the absorbed dose to the dosimeter solution caused by the inhomogeneous dosimeter wall material. A usercode based on the EGS4 Monte Carlo system, with the application of a correlated sampling variance reduction technique, has been employed in the calculations of these factors and the parameters used in the cavity model. Good agreement has been achieved between the predictions of the model and that obtained by direct Monte Carlo simulation and also with other workers' experiments. It is shown that Fricke dosimeters in common use cannot be considered to be 'large' detectors and therefore 'general cavity theory' should be applied in converting the dose to water. It is confirmed that plastic dosimeter vessels have a negligible wall effect. The wall correction factor for a 1 mm thick Pyrex-walled vessel varies with incident photon energy from 1.001 +/- 0.001 for a 60Co beam to 0.983 +/- 0.001 for a 24 MV (TPR(10)20 = 0.80) photon beam. This implies that previous Fricke measurements with glass-walled vessels should be re-evaluated.
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- C M Ma
- Joint Department of Physics, Institute of Cancer Research, Sutton, Surrey, UK
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The absorbed dose to water from a 160 MeV proton beam as determined by a flexible, temperature regulated, sealed glass core, water calorimeter was compared to that determined from ionization chambers used in accordance with AAPM Report 16. The ratios of these doses as obtained from two experiments done over four months apart, are 0.992 +/- 0.004 and 0.990 +/- 0.004. As there are no radiation dependent parameters required for the water calorimeter, these data add to the growing body of evidence which supports the use of the calorimeter as a reliable absorbed dose standard. They also support the use of 60Co-calibrated ionization chambers used in accordance with AAPM Report 16 for the dosimetry of proton beams.
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- R J Schulz
- Department of Therapeutic Radiology, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
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