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  • Title: An optically stimulated luminescence system to measure dose profiles in x-ray computed tomography.
    Author: Yukihara EG, Ruan C, Gasparian PB, Clouse WJ, Kalavagunta C, Ahmad S.
    Journal: Phys Med Biol; 2009 Oct 21; 54(20):6337-52. PubMed ID: 19809126.
    Abstract:
    This paper describes an LED-based optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) system for dose profile measurements using OSL detector strips and investigates its performance in x-ray computed tomography (CT) dosimetry. To compensate for the energy response of the Al(2)O(3):C OSL detectors, which have an effective atomic number of 11.28, field-specific energy correction factors were determined using two methods: (a) comparing the OSL profiles with ionization chamber point measurements (0.3 cm(3) ionization chamber) and (b) comparing the OSL profiles integrated over a 100 mm length with 100 mm long pencil ionization chamber measurements. These correction factors were obtained for the CT body and head phantoms, central and peripheral positions and three x-ray tube potential differences (100 kVp, 120 kVp and 140 kVp). The OSL dose profiles corrected by the energy dependence agreed with the ionization chamber point measurements over the entire length of the phantom (300 mm). For 120 kVp x-ray tube potential difference, the CTDI(100) values calculated using the OSL dose profiles corrected for the energy dependence and those obtained from an independent measurement with a 100 mm long pencil ionization chamber also agreed within +/-5%.
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