Lithium formate EPR dosimetry : Properties and applications in radiotherapy
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Each year 10 000 Norwegian cancer patients are treated with radiation. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), more than half of all cancer patients should be offered radiation therapy during their period of illness. The precise radiation targeting of cancer cells with sufficient radiation dose, so that the cancer cells stop dividing while adverse effects are acceptable, is crucial for the outcome of radiation therapy. In this dissertation for the degree of Philosophiae doctor, Einar Waldeland has studied a method for measuring radiations doses, namely electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) dosimetry. The radiation sensitive material employed is lithium formate monohydrate, which is a relatively new material for this application. To date, this method is not routinely used in Norway and to a limited extent elsewhere. The thesis covers some basic properties of this new dosimetry system and concludes with the feasibility of the method for high precision dosimetry of patient treatments. The work also compares this method with the most established EPR dosimetry system, alanine EPR dosimetry. 6 individual peer-reviewed papers are included in the thesis. They show basic qualitative properties of the EPR signal from lithium formate irradiated with neutrons, protons, nitrogen ions, electrons and photons, and how these properties may be utilized for dose measurements. The two first works outline how the signal may be used to characterize the radiation type used, when this is not known by the observer. The third work describes properties of the method when extremely high doses are used, such as industrial sterilization of food. The next two papers include correction factors necessary for standardized high precision dose measurements for radiation therapy of patients. The last work demonstrates the use of lithium formate EPR dosimetry in a realistic treatment of a humanlike phantom.Artikkelliste
Paper I Malinen E, Waldeland E, Hole E O and Sagstuen E LET effects following neutron irradiation of lithium formate EPR dosimeters Spectrochimica Acta Part A 63 (2006) 861-869 The paper is removed from the thesis in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2005.10.017 |
Paper II Waldeland E, Hole E O, Stenerlöw B, Grusell E, Sagstuen E and Malinen E Radical formation in lithium formate EPR dosimeters following irradiation with protons and nitrogen ions Radiation Research 174 (2010) 251-257 The paper is removed from the thesis in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1667/RR2035.1 |
Paper III Waldeland E, Helt-Hansen J and Malinen E Characterization of lithium formate EPR dosimeters for high dose applications – comparison with alanine Radiation Measurements 46 (2011) 213-218 The paper is removed from the thesis in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radmeas.2010.11.015 |
Paper IV Malinen E, Waldeland E, Hole E O and Sagstuen E The energy dependence of lithium formate EPR dosimeters for clinical electron beams Physics in Medicine and Biology 52 (2007) 4361-4369 The paper is removed from the thesis in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/52/14/022 |
Paper V Waldeland E, Hole E O, Sagstuen E and Malinen E The energy dependence of lithium formate and alanine EPR dosimeters for medium energy x rays Medical Physics 37 (2010) 3569-3575 The paper is removed from the thesis in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1118/1.3432567 |
Paper VI Waldeland E, Hörling M, Hole E O, Sagstuen E and Malinen E Dosimetry of stereotactic radiosurgery using lithium formate EPR dosimeters Physics in Medicine and Biology 55 (2010) 2307-2316 The paper is removed from the thesis in DUO due to publisher restrictions. The published version is available at: https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9155/55/8/012 |