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Here, we report on the measurement of scintillation responses of scintillation fibers for precision dose verification in proton therapy. A detector equipped with two layers of 1-mm-thick scintillation fibers and 46-channel silicon photodiodes was constructed and tested with 45-MeV proton beams provided by the MC50 proton cyclotron at the Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Science (KIRAMS). Scintillation responses of the detector for the protons were measured as a function of depth in an absorber made of PMMA (poly methyl methacrylate) and PET (polyester) films whose thicknesses varied from 0.148 to 2.0 g·cm−2. Quenching of the scintillation responses of the detector was evaluated by comparison of the data to the specific energy loss predicted by GEANT4-based simulations. The first-order parameter of the Birks model, kB, for scintillation fibers, as derived from the ratios of specific energy losses to scintillation responses, was (2.38 ± 0.17) × 10−2.
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Kim, C., Hong, B., Jhang, G. et al. Measurement of scintillation responses of scintillation fibers for dose verification in proton therapy. Journal of the Korean Physical Society 60, 725–730 (2012). https://doi.org/10.3938/jkps.60.725
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