Abstract
Lead halide perovskite CsPbBr3 is a wide-gap semiconductor material potentially very attractive for next generations of real-time monitors and particle detectors in high-energy physics. Here, we present the first characterization of crystalline CsPbBr3 point dosimeters with submillimeter size, under 6 MV X-photon beams used in clinical radiotherapy. Current response of the devices proved to be promising in terms of fast rise and decay times, of the same order of the X-ray beam onset and offset ones; absence of polarization effects; reproducibility to repeated irradiations; and linearity of the collected charge as a function of the absorbed dose. Comparing the measured sensitivity with the theoretical one, a charge collection distance of about 100 μm has been evaluated, of the same order of the linear dimensions of crystallites within the samples, suggesting that recombination centers are mainly placed at grain boundaries. A much higher sensitivity per unit area measured with crystalline CsPbBr3 as compared with drop-casted ones can be explained in terms of a less disordered crystalline structure. This work opens the way to CsPbBr3 point dosimeters, with linear dimensions meeting the strict spatial resolution constraints for bidimensional dose mapping required in clinical radiotherapy.
Highlights
The ever increasing interest for novel devices in medical applications has recently focused toward perovskite-based semiconductors
High-energy X-Ray beams focused on tumors are required to spare as much as possible the surrounding healthy tissues. This requirement is fulfilled by most recent technology used in hospital, volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), where the delivered dose conformation to the tumor volume is obtained by continuously changing spatial distribution of multi-linear collimator (MLC) leaves, dose rates, and gantry rotation speed [8]
This work reports on first experimental results concerning crystalline CsPbBr3 samples
Summary
The ever increasing interest for novel devices in medical applications has recently focused toward perovskite-based semiconductors. Lead halide perovskites, with crystal structure APbX3 (A Cs+, CH3NH3+ methylammonium, CH(NH2)2+), are potentially quite attractive for future photodetectors and dosimeters in advanced medical imaging and clinical radiotherapy [1,2,3,4,5,6,7] In these latter applications, high-energy X-Ray beams focused on tumors are required to spare as much as possible the surrounding healthy tissues. High-energy X-Ray beams focused on tumors are required to spare as much as possible the surrounding healthy tissues This requirement is fulfilled by most recent technology used in hospital, volumetric modulated arc therapy (VMAT), where the delivered dose conformation to the tumor volume is obtained by continuously changing spatial distribution of multi-linear collimator (MLC) leaves, dose rates, and gantry rotation speed [8]. The sensitivity of the device is defined as the slope of the charge vs dose curve, S
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