Performance characterisation of a real-time fiber dosimetry system using radiophotoluminescent glasses

We report the first demonstration of a real-time fiber-optic-coupled dosimetry system using Ag-activated phosphate glasses based on radiophotoluminescent (RPL) phenomena. The performance characterisation using real-time fiber RPL glass dosimetry is compared with that of real-time fiber plastic scintillation dosimetry. The inevitable build-up phenomena occurring in Ag-activated RPL glasses both during and after X-ray exposure were measured. The real-time RPL curves for the X-ray exposure region and the build-up region are analytically evaluated and fitted to the second-order polynomial functions and the sum of three exponentials, respectively. In addition, some resolved problems of real-time fiber RPL glass dosimetry are discussed.