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  • Radiation Oncology
  • Detector Technology

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  • Brachytherapy (BT) involves high-dose internal irradiation using sources near tumors.
  • Clinical safety in BT requires precise dose verification for effective cancer treatment and healthy tissue sparing.
  • Quality assurance is crucial for matching delivered doses to prescribed doses in brachytherapy.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the performance of a novel point-size inorganic scintillator detector (ISD).
  • To assess the ISD's suitability for high dose rate brachytherapy (HDR-BT) quality assurance.
  • To verify dose delivery accuracy in HDR-BT treatments.

Main Methods:

  • Developed a dose verification system using scintillating dosimetry with an 192 Ir BT source.
  • Measured dose rates in water phantoms according to TG43U1 recommendations.
  • Assessed ISD performance including linearity, energy dependency, stability, SNR, and SBR, comparing results with TG43 reference data.

Main Results:

  • The ISD demonstrated perfect linear behavior with dose rate (R2=1) and high SNR (>35) and SBR (>36).
  • Achieved excellent stability (0.54%) and minimal afterglow (<1%).
  • Measurements agreed with TG43 simulation data within 1.2% for distances >0.25 cm.

Conclusions:

  • The proposed ISD system is suitable for dose verification in HDR-BT.
  • The detector enables accurate dwell time estimation and high spatial resolution dose measurement.
  • Further clinical investigations are recommended to promote the ISD for broader clinical use.