TY - JOUR
T1 - FluoroTome 1
T2 - An apparatus for tomographic imaging of radio-fluorogenic (RFG) gels
AU - Warman, John M.
AU - de Haas, Matthijs P.
AU - Luthjens, Leonard H.
AU - Yao, Tiantian
AU - Navarro-Campos, Julia
AU - Yuksel, Sölen
AU - Aarts, Jan
AU - Thiele, Simon
AU - Houter, Jacco
AU - in het Zandt, Wilco
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - Radio-fluorogenic (RFG) gels become permanently fluorescent when exposed to high-energy radiation with the intensity of the emission proportional to the local dose of radiation absorbed. An apparatus is described, FluoroTome 1, that is capable of taking a series of tomographic images (thin slices) of the fluorescence of such an irradiated RFG gel on-site and within minutes of radiation exposure. These images can then be compiled to construct a 3D movie of the dose distribution within the gel. The historical development via a laboratory-bench prototype to a readily transportable, user-friendly apparatus is described. Instrumental details and performance tests are presented.
AB - Radio-fluorogenic (RFG) gels become permanently fluorescent when exposed to high-energy radiation with the intensity of the emission proportional to the local dose of radiation absorbed. An apparatus is described, FluoroTome 1, that is capable of taking a series of tomographic images (thin slices) of the fluorescence of such an irradiated RFG gel on-site and within minutes of radiation exposure. These images can then be compiled to construct a 3D movie of the dose distribution within the gel. The historical development via a laboratory-bench prototype to a readily transportable, user-friendly apparatus is described. Instrumental details and performance tests are presented.
KW - 3D radiation dosimetry
KW - Fluorescent gels
KW - Polymer-gel radiation dosimetry
KW - Radio-fluorogenic (RFG) gel
KW - Tomographic fluorescence imaging
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U2 - 10.3390/polym11111729
DO - 10.3390/polym11111729
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85075563903
SN - 2073-4360
VL - 11
JO - Polymers
JF - Polymers
IS - 11
M1 - 1729
ER -