Monte-Carlo based prediction of radiochromic film response for hadrontherapy dosimetry

T. Frisson (1, 2) , N. Zahra (2, 3) , P. Lautesse (3) , D. Sarrut (1, 2)

1 CREATIS - Centre de Recherche et d'Application en Traitement de l'Image et du Signal
2 Centre Léon Bérard [Lyon]
3 IPNL - Institut de Physique Nucléaire de Lyon

A model has been developed to calculate MD-55-V2 radiochromic film response to ion irradiation. This model is based on photon film response and film saturation by high local energy deposition computed by Monte-Carlo simulation. We have studied the response of the film to photon irradiation and we proposed a calculation method for hadron beams.

Mots clés: Radiochromic film; Dosimetry; Hadrontherapy; Monte-Carlo simulation; Linear energy transfer; Photon irradiation; Carbon irradiation

Domaines: Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Médecine nucléaire; Traitement du signal et de l'image [eess.SP]; Imagerie médicale; Traitement des images [eess.IV]; Ingénierie biomédicale; Acoustique [physics.class-ph]; Physique Médicale [physics.med-ph]; Neurosciences [q-bio.NC]

T. Frisson, N. Zahra, P. Lautesse, D. Sarrut. Monte-Carlo based prediction of radiochromic film response for hadrontherapy dosimetry. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 2009, 606 (3), pp.749-754. ⟨10.1016/j.nima.2009.04.027⟩. ⟨in2p3-00407993⟩