Ionizing Radiation Response Effects On Optical Fibers In Radiation Therapy Dosimetry Applications

Abdou-Samad Beddar; Patrick D. Higgins

doi:10.1117/12.960042

26 April 1989 Ionizing Radiation Response Effects On Optical Fibers In Radiation Therapy Dosimetry Applications

Abdou-Samad Beddar, Patrick D. Higgins

Proceedings Volume 0992, Fiber Optics Reliability: Benign and Adverse Environments II; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960042
Event: O-E/Fiber LASE '88, 1988, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Radiation effects on optical fibers result in two different bffects: accumulated radiation damage resulting in a substantial loss of transmission and transient radiation response in which light is generated in the fiber material itself during exposure .too radiation. In various medical applications, optical fibers are often exposed to radiation during certain clinical procedures which makes their radiation response an effect of concern to the medical community. Thus, this effect needs to be studied and quantified in that kind of environment. This study involves radiation-resistant fibers and the quantification of their light emission response as a function of dose rate and irradiation field size for photon and electron beams at the various energises used in radiation therapy.

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Abdou-Samad Beddar and Patrick D. Higgins "Ionizing Radiation Response Effects On Optical Fibers In Radiation Therapy Dosimetry Applications", Proc. SPIE 0992, Fiber Optics Reliability: Benign and Adverse Environments II, (26 April 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960042

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