Characterisation of a Fricke gel compound adopted to produce dosimetric catheters for in vivo dose measurements in HDR brachytherapy

Radiation doses delivered to the patient during high dose rate brachytherapy treatments are susceptible to many inaccuracies and may not accurately match the planned doses. Novel Fricke gel dosimetric catheters (FGDC) were developed in the laboratory to be used for null in vivo null measurements of high dose rate brachytherapy treatments and represent possible tools to increase treatment accuracy. In this study, the dosimetric compound adopted...