Water equivalence of micelle gels for x-ray beams

Title
Water equivalence of micelle gels for x-ray beams
Publication Date
2013
Author(s)
Gorjiara, Tina
Hill, Robin
Kuncic, Zdenka
Bosi, Stephen G
Baldock, Clive
Type of document
Journal Article
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Institute of Physics Publishing Ltd
Place of publication
United Kingdom
DOI
10.1088/1742-6596/444/1/012024
UNE publication id
une:17873
Abstract
Micelle gel is a radiochromic hydrogel with the potential to be used as a three dimensional (3D) radiation dosimeter. Since an ideal dosimeter should present water equivalent properties, in this study the water equivalence of two formulations of micelle gel has been investigated by calculating electron density, effective atomic number, fractional interaction probabilities, mass attenuation coefficient. The depth doses for kilovoltage and megavoltage x-ray beams have also modelled using Monte Carlo code. Based on the results of this work, micelle gels can be considered as water equivalent dosimeters.
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Citation
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 444(1), p. 1-5
ISSN
1742-6596
1742-6588
Start page
1
End page
5

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