WO2005119295A1 - Procede et appareil permettant de verifier des distributions de doses de rayonnement - Google Patents

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WO2005119295A1
WO2005119295A1 PCT/CA2005/000857 CA2005000857W WO2005119295A1 WO 2005119295 A1 WO2005119295 A1 WO 2005119295A1 CA 2005000857 W CA2005000857 W CA 2005000857W WO 2005119295 A1 WO2005119295 A1 WO 2005119295A1
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  • the invention relates to the verification of radiation dose distributions.
  • the invention may be applied to verifying the dose distributions to be used in intensity modulated radiation therapy ("IMRT").
  • IMRT intensity modulated radiation therapy
  • IMRT intensity modulated radiation therapy
  • the radiation delivery apparatus can be complex. Even though such apparatus has various built-in safeguards it is desirable and, according to many protocols, mandatory to test the radiation delivery apparatus after it has been set up. Performing dose verification helps to ensure that the radiation delivery apparatus will deliver the expected distribution of radiation to a subject.
  • the complex radiation fluence maps that can be produced by radiation delivery apparatus call for high resolution verification of the dose distribution in two or three dimensions prior to the beginning of each treatment course.
  • Verifying dose distributions produced by modern radiation delivery systems such as IMRT systems can be labour-intensive and time consuming. Available tools for verifying radiation dose distributions include portal imaging devices, radiographic film dosimetry and gel dosimetry. All of these tools have significant disadvantages.
  • Portal imaging devices are typically used during irradiation of a patient to verify the location at which radiation is delivered by localization of bony anatomy. Portal imaging devices can also be used to verify radiation dose distributions prior to treating a patient. While this can be an efficient way to perform dose verification, the inventors consider that the presence of high atomic number (“high Z") materials (such as copper intensifier plates and readout electronics) in most commercial portal imaging systems means that the dose detected is not an accurate representation of the dose delivered to the target. Common problems with such portal imaging systems include over response to low energy radiation compared to tissue. A discussion of portal imaging devices is provided in K A Langmack, Portal imaging, The British Journal of Radiology, 74 (2001), 789-804.
  • Boon et al. Fast 2D phantom dosimetry for scanning proton beams, Med. Phys. 25(4), April 1998; and Boon et al. Performance of a Fluorescent screen and CCD camera as a two-dimensional dosimetry system for dynamic treatment techniques, Med. Phys. 27(10), October 2000 disclose methods and apparatus for determining radiation dose delivered by a proton beam.
  • Nishizawa et al. US 6,594,336 and Li et al Verification of IMRT dose distributions using a water beam imaging system Med.
  • This invention has a number of aspects. These include, without limitation, apparatus and methods for measuring dose distributions produced by medical radiation devices such as linear accelerators.
  • One aspect of the invention provides apparatus for use in radiation dose measurement or verification,
  • the apparatus comprises a tissue-equivalent scintillator which can be placed in a radiation beam and an optical element located behind the scintillator and configured to receive and redirect light emitted by the scintillator to a camera located outside of the radiation beam.
  • a volume adjacent to the scintillator and between the scintillator and the optical element is filled with a tissue-equivalent filler material.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a dose measurement system
  • Figure 1A is a schematic view of the phantom of the dose measurement system of Figure 1
  • Figure 2 is an image of a scintillator irradiated by a square light or radiation field which may be used to establish location of the phantom and scaling of the maps produced by the dose measurement system
  • Figure 3 shows summed raw data acquired by a prototype dose measurement system
  • Figure 4 shows a flood field correction map
  • Figure 5 shows a flood field corrected image obtained using the flood field correction map of Figure 4
  • Figures 6 and 6 A are schematic cross section views of phantoms having alternative structures
  • Figure 7 is a schematic top view of a phantom set up to acquire calibration data by a percentage depth dose measurement method
  • Figure 8 is a map showing light intensity as a function of position on the scintillator for a percentage depth dose measurement
  • Figure 9 is a calibration curve derived from a number of maps similar to the map shown in
  • This invention provides apparatus for measuring dose distributions.
  • the apparatus may be applied to measuring complex dose distributions from intensity modulated radiation therapy plans, for example.
  • tissue-equivalent material is a material that, for the radiation in question, has a coefficient of energy absorption similar to that of living tissue and backscatters the radiation in an amount similar to living tissue.
  • Tissue- equivalent materials are typically "low Z" materials (i.e. they are materials that have effective atomic numbers that are less than 12 and preferably less than 8).
  • the phantom may comprise a housing of a tissue-equivalent plastic material, such as LUCITETM filled with an optically transparent tissue-equivalent material such as water.
  • a scintillator screen is provided on or near one side of the phantom. The scintillator screen converts energy absorbed from the radiotherapy beam into light, typically visible light. The light emitted by the scintillator screen travels through the phantom to a mirror. The mirror reflects the light to a camera. The camera is located off-axis so that it is not damaged by radiation of the radiation beam and also so that its components do not disrupt dose measurements.
  • the scintillator screen and mirror are preferably of tissue-equivalent materials, such as suitable plastics.
  • tissue-equivalent materials such as suitable plastics.
  • the scintillator may, for example, comprise a plastic scintillator or other tissue-equivalent scintillator.
  • plastic scintillators are available. These include the model EJ-200 plastic scintillator available from Eljen Technology, U.S.A.
  • the scintillator has a suitable thickness, for example about 6 mm.
  • This scintillator has a polyvinyltoluene polymer base, and 64% anthracene for light output.
  • the efficiency of such a scintillator can be 10,000 photons/MeV.
  • the light emission peaks at a wavelength of 425 nm.
  • the decay time is 2.1 ns.
  • This material has a density of 1.032 g/cm 3 and an effective Z of 5.76. This material has the advantages of being easy to shape and machine.
  • the mirror may comprise a LuciteTM mirror, which may be a first surface mirror, for example.
  • the camera may be a digital camera having a suitable imaging array, such as a CCD array.
  • the camera may be located outside of the phantom.
  • the camera may be shielded, for example with lead, to protect its components from stray radiation.
  • the camera was a HitachiTM model KP-M1 high- resolution monochrome CCD video camera available from Hitachi-Denshi of USA.
  • the camera was interfaced to a computer by a Matrox Meteor IITM frame grabber available from Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. of Dorval, Quebec, Canada. Any other suitable camera and computer interface compatible with the camera may be used.
  • outside surfaces of the phantom may be opaque to reduce the contribution of stray light to the camera image.
  • the housing may comprise an opaque plastic such as opaque LUCITETM.
  • the phantom has an optically- transparent viewing window in an optical path between the mirror and the camera.
  • the amount of light emitted by a portion of the scintillator screen increases with the amount of radiation passing through that portion of the scintillator screen.
  • the relationship between emitted light and radiation can be measured and the measurements used to calibrate the apparatus.
  • Images acquired by the camera are provided to a data processor, which may comprise a suitably-programmed computer by way of a suitable interface.
  • the computer is linked to receive a signal from a monitor unit of the radiation delivery apparatus (typically a linear accelerator).
  • the camera integrates the emitted light and produces a cumulative image for every monitor unit delivered.
  • FIG. 1 shows apparatus 10 according to one embodiment of the invention.
  • Apparatus 10 includes a phantom 11.
  • One face 12 of phantom 11 comprises a scintillator sheet of a tissue-equivalent material.
  • Another face 14 extending substantially perpendicular to scintillator sheet 12 is transparent, or substantially so, to light given off by scintillator sheet 12 when scintillator sheet 12 is irradiated by a radiation beam from an irradiating apparatus 13 (such as a linear accelerator).
  • Face 12 is preferably transparent or translucent.
  • the remaining walls of phantom 11, including side walls 14A and 14B and rear wall 14C may be opaque to the light given off by scintillator sheet 12.
  • Mirror 16 is mounted on a tissue-equivalent wedge 17 and is oriented at an angle to scintillator sheet 12 so that it reflects light emitted by scintillator sheet 12 to a camera 20.
  • Mirror 16 is conveniently oriented at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to scintillator sheet 12.
  • a light-tight housing 18 may be provided to prevent stray light from entering camera 20. Housing 18 may also hold camera 20 at a fixed position relative to mirror 16. An opaque layer of a tissue-equivalent material (not shown in Figure 1) may also be provided on top of scintillator sheet 12 so that apparatus 10 may be used in a room that is not dark.
  • Phantom 11 has a flat top surface 19.
  • Blocks or sheets 19A of tissue- equivalent material may be placed on surface 19 to duplicate the effect of layers of tissue overlying scintillator sheet 12.
  • blocks of Solid WaterTM or other suitable tissue-equivalent material may be stacked on top of scintillator sheet 12 to provide dose measurements at depth.
  • phantom 11 has dimensions of about 17cm wide x 17cm deep ⁇ 20cm high.
  • the radiation emitted by irradiating apparatus 13 is of a type that is backscattered significantly by high Z materials.
  • the radiation may be made up of photons having energies of several MeV.
  • mirror 16 is made of a plastic or other tissue-equivalent material.
  • scintillator sheet 12 Light emitted by scintillator sheet 12 is turned through an angle so that it is directed out of the radiation beam (90 degrees in the illustrated embodiment) by mirror 16 and directed out through transparent face 14 to digital camera 20.
  • the volume 23 of phantom 11 between mirror 16 and scintillator sheet 12 is filled with a transparent tissue-equivalent material, for example, water.
  • the radiation being measured is of a type that is backscattered significantly by tissue.
  • MeV X-ray photons are backscattered by tissue.
  • the tissue- equivalent filler material in volume 23, the tissue-equivalent mirror 16 and the tissue- equivalent wedge 17 provide this function.
  • the layer of tissue-equivalent material may be more than 5 cm thick.
  • the layer of tissue-equivalent material is in the range of about 5 cm to about 15 cm thick.
  • the layer of tissue-equivalent material is at least 8 to 10 cm thick.
  • the layer of tissue-equivalent material may comprise water or a tissue-equivalent plastic for example.
  • Images 21 from digital camera 20 and information regarding a current intensity of the radiation beam are delivered to a computer 22.
  • Computer 22 may comprise one or more stand-alone data processors, or one or more data processors that are integrated with some other device. In some embodiments, computer 22 may also perform control functions for radiation source 13.
  • Image 21 comprises image data that indicates the intensity of light observed by camera 20 to emanate from different locations on scintillator sheet 12.
  • Apparatus as shown in Figure 1 can be used to determine the position of phantom 11 relative to a radiation beam by setting jaws of the radiation source (e.g. a linear accelerator) to produce a radiation beam having known dimensions.
  • the image of the light emitted by scintillator sheet 12 in response to the radiation beam indicates the location of phantom 11 relative to the radiation beam.
  • a cross hair can be set to the centre or to edges of the illuminated area of the image.
  • many medical radiation sources include a light projector that projects a beam of light having the same dimensions as a radiation beam.
  • a radiation source equipped with such a light projector can project a beam of light onto scintillator sheet 12.
  • the projected light can be imaged by camera 20.
  • the image of the light beam indicates the location of phantom 11 relative to the location of a radiation beam.
  • Figure 2 is an image from camera 20 of scintillator 12 while phantom 11 of a prototype system is being irradiated by a square radiation field (or light beam). The location of the radiation field (or light beam) can be clearly identified in the image.
  • Apparatus like that of Figure 1 can be used to measure a dose distribution produced by an IMRT sequence by capturing a sequence of images 21 over the time period while IMRT fields are being delivered to phantom 11, determining a radiation dose map for each of the images 21 and then summing the radiation dose maps to obtain the dose resulting from the IMRT sequence.
  • the images are acquired at a rate sufficient to track changes in the IMRT fields. For example, in a prototype embodiment, images are acquired at a rate of approximately 25 Hz for IMRT fields that are applied for approximately 3 seconds each.
  • apparatus 10 can be used to measure radiation doses for IMRT fields being delivered dynamically.
  • Providing a link between the radiation delivery apparatus (e.g. linear accelerator) and computer 22 permits temporal dose information to be obtained. Temporal dose information indicates how dose is deposited over time. Knowledge of how the dose is deposited throughout a treatment may help in identifying the causes of any dose discrepancies.
  • Optical photon spread may be accounted for by deconvolving a glare kernel from the raw images.
  • a Gaussian glare kernel may be deconvolved using a fast Fourier transform ("FFT") or equivalent algorithm.
  • FFT fast Fourier transform
  • an asymmetrical glare kernel such as an elliptical Gaussian glare kernel may be used.
  • Figure 3 shows a summation of raw data for a simple square field. If necessary, the raw data is processed to reduce or eliminate any artefacts (such as the intensity gradient described below) that may result from the way in which optical photons are generated in or propagate through phantom 11. The data is also processed to correct for the general blurring of optical photons. Blurring may be corrected by deconvolving the images using a suitable glare kernel.
  • artefacts such as the intensity gradient described below
  • One way to minimize the effect of the intensity gradient exhibited in Figure 3 is to create a flood field correction map. This may be done by irradiating phantom 11 with a large open field. For example, a 25cm by 25 cm open field at a depth of 10 cm has been used to determine a flood field correction map for a prototype phantom 11.
  • the flood field correction map may be used to correct for any intrinsic inhomogeneities in the response of scintillator sheet 12 to radiation.
  • a flood field correction map may be used to correct for such intrinsic inhomogeneities even if an alternative method is used to avoid or cancel the gradient illustrated in Figure 3.
  • Figure 4 shows an example flood field correction map.
  • the summed raw data can be corrected by dividing the summed raw data by the flood field correction map to yield a flood field corrected image of the scintillation screen as illustrated in Figure 5.
  • FIG. 6 shows a phantom 11 A wherein mirror 16 is displaced away from scintillator sheet 12.
  • a layer 24 of tissue-equivalent material, such as water or a suitable plastic, is provided adjacent to scintillator sheet 12.
  • mirror 16 may be in air. Increasing the proportion of the path between scintillator screen 12 and camera 20 that is in air can reduce blurring. Reducing the amount of tissue-equivalent material in phantom 11 can reduce weight and cost. In the alternative, water or other tissue-equivalent material may fill the space 23 between mirror 16 and scintillator sheet 12.
  • FIG. 6A shows an example of a phantom 11B that includes a collimator 25.
  • collimator 25 comprises a plurality of vanes 26 that extend in a direction transverse to mirror 16 (i.e. in a direction such that all parts of each vane are essentially the same distance from mirror 16).
  • Vanes 26 are preferably of a low Z material and are preferably immersed in water or another optically-transparent and tissue equivalent medium.
  • Collimator 25 may comprise, for example, a micro-louvred screen such as a microlouvre film of the type used in 3MTM privacy filters for computer monitors. The screen may be directly against scintillator sheet 12. It is optional and not necessary for collimator 25 to collimate light in the direction parallel to vanes 26.
  • collimator 25 reduces the intensity gradient and thereby simplifies deconvolution to reduce glare.
  • a suitable asymmetrical glare kernel such as an asymmetrical elliptical Gaussian kernel may be used to reduce glare.
  • FIG 7 is a schematic top view of a phantom 11 arranged to facilitate the acquisition of percent dose distribution curves across scintillator sheet 12.
  • a radiation beam is incident in a direction parallel to scintillator sheet 12 so that the dose decreases with distance along scintillator sheet 12 in the direction of the beam (i.e. the dose decreases with increasing depth measured from the surface 27 of phantom 11 on which the radiation beam is incident.
  • Figure 8 is an example percent depth dose measurement. Intensity to dose values may be obtained by measuring the light intensity at a set of points (for example the points marked with dark squares in Figure 8) and comparing those intensities to doses known to have been delivered at the locations of the points.
  • Figure 9 is an example calibration curve.
  • the calibration curve of Figure 9 can be applied to data that has been flood field corrected, if necessary or desired, and corrected to reduce blurring to yield a 2-dimensional dose distribution map as shown in Figure 10.
  • the calibration of a dose measurement system can be checked by comparing the measured dose distribution to an expected dose distribution.
  • Figure 11 shows the dose distribution expected for the radiation fields that we're applied to produce Figure 10.
  • the dose distribution map of Figure 11 was calculated by an ECLIPSETM treatment planning system.
  • Figures 12A and 12B show profiles which compare expected to measured doses along two axes. The axes along which the profiles of Figure 12A and 12B were measured are indicated respectively by the horizontal and vertical lines shown in Figure 11.
  • the expected dose data and measured dose data can be compared by subtracting one from the other to yield a dose difference map as shown in Figure 13. In some embodiments of the invention this comparison is performed in computer 22.
  • the dose difference map may be displayed on a display associated with computer 22 or stored for future reference.
  • Computer 22 may also extract and inform a user of information such as one or more of:
  • Another calibration method involves delivering different doses of radiation using a radiation beam incident perpendicular to scintillator sheet 12.
  • the radiation beam may be a square beam, such as a 10 cm x 10 cm square or a 5 cm x 5 cm square, for example.
  • varying radiation doses are delivered with a 5 cm x 5 cm square radiation field at a depth of 3 cm and a source-to-axis distance ("SAD") of 100 cm while monitoring the mean intensity of light emitted from a small region (e.g. 1 cm 2 ) of scintillator sheet 12 surrounding the isocenter of the radiation beam.
  • SAD source-to-axis distance
  • Figure 15B compare the doses measured with film dosimetry to the doses shown in Figure 10 as measured by the prototype scintillator system along the axes respectively indicated by horizontal and vertical lines in Figure 14.
  • Figure 16 is a dose difference map showing differences between the doses measured by film dosimetry and the doses shown in Figure 10 as measured by the prototype scintillator system.
  • Figure 17 compares doses measured by the system of the invention (in the column labelled Scintillator Dosimetry Measurement) to the expected values indicated by the treatment planning system and corresponding values measured by a mini-ionization chamber and film dosimetry.
  • apparatus may be configured to permit measurement of dose distributions in a beam's- eye view (“BEV"), that is perpendicular to the beam direction.
  • BEV beam's- eye view
  • the BEV is the preferred orientation for field-by-field dose verification.
  • a dose measurement apparatus which incorporates a digital camera 20, as described above, is much less labour-intensive and time consuming to operate than a film-based or a gel-based dosimetry system.
  • films In film dosimetry systems, films must be developed and scanned.
  • gel dosimetry systems gels must be scanned with an MRI or a CT. Additionally, use of a system as described above can result in cost saving over film-based systems since film and processor chemicals are not required.
  • linear accelerators and other irradiation apparatus often include light projectors.
  • the light projectors project beams of light having edges that are intended to coincide with edges of the radiation beam.
  • a technician can use the light beam to ensure that the radiation beam will be delivered in the correct location on a subject. It is typically necessary to check periodically to ensure that the boundaries of the light beam issued by such a light projector do coincide with the boundaries of the radiation beam. Typical protocols require that this alignment be performed to an accuracy of better than ⁇ 2 mm.
  • an apparatus as described above may be used to verify correct alignment of the light projector by imaging the light produced by the light projector using camera 20 and also imaging light given off by scintillator sheet 12 while a radiation beam is incident on scintillator sheet 12.
  • the opaque layer may be removable (e.g. it may be provided by an opaque cover that can be taken off or opened) to permit apparatus 10 to be used for alignment of a light projector.
  • the apparatus may comprise a diffuser screen close to and extending parallel to a plane of the scintillator.
  • the projected area of the light from the light projector on the diffuser screen is imaged by the camera.
  • the diffuser screen may be integrated with the scintillator.
  • Image analysis software in computer 22 may be configured to compare a first image of the light produced by the light projector to a second image of the light produced by a radiation beam interacting with scintillator sheet 12.
  • the software may, for example, determine whether, and in what direction, the light produced by the light projector should be translated so as to coincide with the radiation beam. This — .» • « u u o 3 /
  • - 17 - determination may be made, for example, by maximizing a correlation between the first and second images.
  • Apparatus as described herein may be integrated with a larger phantom.
  • the phantom may be anthropomorphic or nearly so.
  • the phantom may have rounded edges.
  • Figure 18 shows an example system 50 that includes a body 52 of a tissue-equivalent material.
  • Body 52 has an interior cavity 54 that receives a phantom 11 that may be constructed as described above, for example.
  • the body may be aligned with a radiation beam so that scintillator sheet 12 is located at the isocenter of the radiation device (i.e. the point in space where radiation beams emitted at different gantry angles intersect).
  • System 50 may be used to measure the cumulative dose distribution in the plane of scintillator sheet 12 from several coplanar treatment beams.
  • a film cassette or a cassette containing a dosimetric gel could be inserted into cavity 54 in place of phantom 11 to cross verify the results provided by phantom 11.
  • FIG 19 shows apparatus 60 according to another embodiment.
  • Apparatus 60 has a base 62 housing mirror 16.
  • Base 62 supports a scintillator assembly 64 comprising a scintillator sheet 12, a first layer 65 of an optically transparent tissue- equivalent material between scintillator sheet 12 and base 62 and a second layer 66 of tissue equivalent material on the side of scintillator sheet 12 away from base 62.
  • the edges 67 of scintillator assembly 64 are radiused.
  • Camera 20 images light given off by scintillator sheet 12 while co-planar radiation beams are incident on apparatus 60.
  • Scintillator sheet 12 may intersect the isocenter of the radiation device producing the radiation beams.
  • base 62 be essentially transparent to radiation. This can be achieved by making base 62 of one or more low Z materials and by making the walls and mirror 16 of base 62 thin.
  • sidescattered radiation can contribute significantly to the dose that will be delivered to the tissues of a subject.
  • a phantom may be provided with thick walls of tissue-equivalent material or the phantom may be nested among blocks of tissue-equivalent material.
  • Figure 20 shows a phantom 70 that includes blocks 72 of tissue-equivalent material that surround scintillator sheet 12.
  • Radiation will be sidescattered from blocks 72 in a way that simulates the side scattering of radiation from adjacent tissues when radiation is delivered to a subject.
  • a block 72 A that makes up or sits adjacent to optical window side 14 of the phantom is transparent to permit a camera (not shown in Figure 20) to image the light emitted by scintillator sheet 12.
  • Certain implementations of the invention comprise computer processors which execute software instructions which cause the processors to perform a method of the invention.
  • processors in a dose measurement system may implement the methods described above executing software instructions in a program memory accessible to the processors.
  • the invention may also be provided in the form of a program product.
  • the program product may comprise any medium which carries a set of computer-readable signals comprising instructions which, when executed by a computer processor, cause the data processor to execute a method of the invention.
  • Program products according to the invention may be in any of a wide variety of forms.
  • the program product may comprise, for example, physical media such as magnetic data storage media including floppy diskettes, hard disk drives, optical data storage media including CD ROMs, DVDs, electronic data storage media including ROMs, flash RAM, or the like or transmission-type media such as digital or analog communication links.
  • the instructions may be optionally compressed and/or encrypted on the program product.
  • a component e.g. a software module, processor, assembly, device, circuit, etc.
  • reference to that component should be interpreted as including as equivalents of that component any component which performs the function of the described component (i.e., that is functionally equivalent), including components which are not structurally equivalent to the disclosed structure which performs the function in the illustrated exemplary embodiments of the invention.
  • the scintillator screen be oriented perpendicular to the radiation beam.
  • the scintillator screen could be at a different angle to the radiation beam such that the projection of the radiation beam onto the scintillator sheet covers an area on the scintillator sheet .
  • the mirror is not necessarily at an angle of 45 degrees to the radiation beam.
  • Other geometries can be used in which the camera is outside of the radiation beam and images the scintillator screen which is in the radiation beam.
  • the optical path between the scintillator screen and the camera may include multiple mirrors or other optical elements which permit the camera to image the scintillator screen while the camera is in a location outside of the radiation beam.
  • the optical element may comprise a bundle of optical fibers that carry light to the camera.
  • the camera may be made especially sensitive to light at wavelengths given off predominantly by the scintillator screen.
  • the apparatus may include a filter in the optical path between the scintillator and the camera to reduce the effect of any stray light on the images acquired by the camera.
  • the phantom may be used to measure three dimensional dose distributions by moving it through the radiation field as described, for example, in Nishizawa, US patent No. 6,594,336.
  • Light from a scintillator screen may be directed to a camera by an array of optical fibres instead of or in addition to a mirror.
  • the optical fibres may be made of a tissue-equivalent material and may themselves provide a layer of tissue-equivalent material adjacent to the scintillator sheet. Accordingly, the scope of the invention is to be construed in accordance with the substance defined by the following claims.

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L'invention concerne un appareil permettant de vérifier des distributions de doses de rayonnement, lequel appareil peut être utilisé pour vérifier une distribution de doses de rayonnement produite par un faisceau de rayonnement issu d'une source de rayonnement médicale, telle qu'un accélérateur linéaire. Cet appareil comporte un scintillateur équivalent au tissu, situé de façon à couper le faisceau de rayonnement, et un élément optique redirigeant la lumière du scintillateur vers une caméra. Une couche de matériau transparent équivalent au tissu, adjacente au scintillateur, génère un rayonnement rétrodiffusé.
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