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Scientific dosimeters for all phantoms. For the given by IMRT planning and the repeatability
three phantoms studied, the dose response of TL responses is better than + 4.12%, lower
curves to 12 MeV electrons presented a linear than 5% acceptable for radiation therapy. The
behavior for doses from LDL up to 5 Gy. All scattered radiation doses received by structures
repeatability values are better than +3.5%. 3, 4 and 5 corresponded on average to 16.14%
CaSO :Dy dosimeters showed maximum vari- of the highest dose received by the structure
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ation of TL sensitivity relative to Co of 11.6% 1, according to the planning. The LiF:Mg,Ti do-
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between solid water and PMMA phantoms and simeters demonstrated to have good accuracy
microLiF:Mg,Ti dosimeters showed maximum in all measures of IMRT planning. Comparing
variation of TL sensitivity relative to Co of the doses calculated by Al O :C dosimeters
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9.5% to liquid water and solid water phantoms. using OSL technique with the doses provided
According to the results, the phantom mate- by the planning system, it was observed that
rial affected the electron spectrum incident the dose for the cavity 1 was underestimated
on the detector and altered the response of
the dosimeters to 12 MeV clinical electron Figure 35. PMMA
beam using microLiF:Mg,Ti and CaSO :Dy as phantom developed
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thermoluminescent detectors. quality assurance

TL and OSL dose response using a PMMA
phantom for IMRT technique quality assurance

The principle of IMRT is to treat a patient from
a number of different directions (or continuous
arcs) with beams of non-uniform fluences, Three-dimensional dosimetric verification
which have been optimized to deliver a high system using Fricke gel solution applied to
dose to the target volume and an acceptably verification of Volumetric Modulated Arc
low dose to the surrounding normal structures. Radiation Therapy (VMAT) in the treatments
This study had as objective to provide informa- with respiration target movement
tion to the physicist regarding the application
of different dosimeters type, phantoms and Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) is
analysis technique for Intensity Modulated one of the methods most commonly used in
Radiation Therapy (IMRT) dose distributions teletherapy to treat cancer. The various tech-
evaluation. The measures were performed nological advances and the evolution of treat-
using dosimeters of LiF:Mg,Ti and Al O :C eval- ment techniques made the VMAT as one of the
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uated by techniques of thermoluminescent (TL) state of the art methods for the treatment of
and Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL). some cancers. Such advances require quality
A polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) phantom control of these tools in order to ensure that
with five cavities, two principal target vol- the entire treatment process is satisfactory
umes considered like tumors to be treated and and accurate. To date, the community lacks
other three cavities to measure the scattered an experimental system capable of evalu-
radiation dose was developed to carry out the ating, considering the uncertainty levels, if
measures Fig. 35. The doses evaluated to the the computerized planning systems are able
tumor simulators cavities using LiF:Mg,Ti do- to consider the movement of targets in the
simeters corresponding to the estimated doses treatments with VMAT. In this work, it was