FluoroTome 1

An apparatus for tomographic imaging of radio-fluorogenic (RFG) gels

Journal article (2019)

Authors

J.M. Warman RST/Applied Radiation & Isotopes - AS
M.P. de Haas RST/Applied Radiation & Isotopes - AS
L.H. Luthjens RST/Applied Radiation & Isotopes - AS
T. Yao RST/Applied Radiation & Isotopes - AS
Julia Navarro-Campos External organisation
S. Yuksel RST/Medical Physics & Technology - AS , RST/Applied Radiation & Isotopes - AS
J.M. Aarts 4PICO B.V.
Simon Thiele 4PICO B.V.
Jacco Houter 4PICO B.V.
Wilco in het Zandt 4PICO B.V.
Research Group
RST/Applied Radiation & Isotopes (AS) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2019 J.M. Warman, M.P. de Haas, L.H. Luthjens, T. Yao, Julia Navarro-Campos, S. Yuksel, J.M. Aarts, Simon Thiele, Jacco Houter, Wilco in het Zandt
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/polym11111729
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Published Date

2019

Language

English

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Faculty

Applied Sciences

Department

RST/Radiation, Science and Technology

Research Group

RST/Applied Radiation & Isotopes

Abstract

Radio-fluorogenic (RFG) gels become permanently fluorescent when exposed to high-energy radiation with the intensity of the emission proportional to the local dose of radiation absorbed. An apparatus is described, FluoroTome 1, that is capable of taking a series of tomographic images (thin slices) of the fluorescence of such an irradiated RFG gel on-site and within minutes of radiation exposure. These images can then be compiled to construct a 3D movie of the dose distribution within the gel. The historical development via a laboratory-bench prototype to a readily transportable, user-friendly apparatus is described. Instrumental details and performance tests are presented.