microSTARii®: improving patient safety with OSL dosimeter

PATIENT DOSIMETRY

RADIOTHERAPY (15 keV-25 MeV for photons and > 1 MeV for electrons)
Check the dose delivered to patients during radiotherapy treatment
Control the in vivo dose and/or on the skin surface before a treatment.
Activities: external therapy, curietherapy.
The microSTAR®ii reader is classified as an instrument of quality control in radiotherapy. It must not be used to adjust the radiation dose delivered to a patient.

RADIODIAGNOSIS (Photons – low energy)
Monitor the dose given to a patient through a plate
Measure the patient doses during a conventional or interventional radiodiagnosis.
Equipment for conventional radiodiagnosis: scanner, X-rays generators, EOS system.
Equipment for interventional radiodiagnosis: X-rays generators

STAFF DOSIMETRY

WORKSTATION STUDIES
Measure doses taken by the staff member at his/her workstation
With a reliable measure over long periods.
Classify personnel.

ALARA PROCEDURE
Optimise the dose taken by the staff member
Measure the doses taken by the professional/staff member according to his/her practices.
Advise the practitioner/staff member in order to improve his/her practice.

EQUIPMENT MONITORING

Control the radiation emissions from the radiological equipment
Measure the equipment radiation emissions for the staff member
Equipment emitting radiation (X-rays generators etc.)
Field concerned: RADIODIAGNOSIS (Photons – low energy)

Monitor the efficacy of the EPI and EPC radiology
Monitor the protection efficacy, individual and collective, for the staff working with the equipment.

Good energy and angular response in radiotherapy.