eprintid: 10081712 rev_number: 40 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/08/17/12 datestamp: 2021-05-27 05:59:38 lastmod: 2021-09-23 22:26:27 status_changed: 2021-05-27 05:59:38 type: report metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Manolopoulos, S creators_name: Manolopoulos, S title: Knowledge transfer of microstrip detectors from particle to medical physics ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F42 keywords: microstrip, detectors, medical, physics note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: This project is a demonstration of Knowledge Transfer. Knowledge in the fabrication, operation and application of radiation detectors originally developed for particle physics experiments has been exploited in diverse areas of research like medical applications. Microstrip detectors, commonplace in particle physics "trackers", have been evaluated as dosimeters for radiotherapy modalities. Hospital trails conducted under the supervision of clinical scientists demonstrated the viability of these detectors as dosimeters both in the quality assurance of linear accelerators and potentially in treatment planning verification. Important quantities of interest to the clinical scientist, like depth-dose distributions, output factors, off axis ratios etc. were measured with MV X-Rays from a clinical Linac and compared with the present day standard dosimeters. All results showed the performance of our novel dosimeter to be as good as or even better than that of the hospital dosimeters. Moreover the ability of our system for dose distribution measurements in real time was proven. date: 2006-12-01 date_type: published publisher: Council for the Central Laboratories of the Research Councils official_url: http://purl.org/net/epubs/work/37498 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1693633 lyricists_name: Manolopoulos, Spyridon lyricists_id: SMANO36 actors_name: Manolopoulos, Spyridon actors_id: SMANO36 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public series: RAL Technical Reports publication: Technical Report number: RAL-TR-2 pages: 33 citation: Manolopoulos, S; Manolopoulos, S; (2006) Knowledge transfer of microstrip detectors from particle to medical physics. (RAL Technical Reports RAL-TR-2 ). Council for the Central Laboratories of the Research Councils Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10081712/1/RAL%20Tek%20report.pdf