Assessment of fluence- and dose-averaged linear energy transfer with passive luminescence detectors in clinical proton beams.
Iván Domingo MuñozOlivier Van HoeyAlessio ParisiNiels BasslerLeszek GrzankaMarijke De Saint-HubertAna VaniquiPaweł OlkoMichał SądelLiliana StolarczykAnne VestergaardOliver JäkelEduardo Gardenali YukiharaJeppe Brage ChristensenPublished in: Physics in medicine and biology (2024)
OSLDs, TLDs, and FNTDs can be used to determine \overline{LET} and RBE in proton therapy. With the capability to determine dose through ionization quenching corrections derived from \overline{LET}, OSLDs and TLDs can simultaneously ascertain dose, \overline{LET}, and RBE. This makes passive detectors appealing for measurements in phantoms, facilitating the validation of clinical treatment plans or experiments related to proton therapy.