The thermoluminescence dosimeter (TLD) sheet is a measurement device coated with manganese-doped LiBO in sheet form. The sheet is 0.2-mm thick and flexible. Hence, it can fit and be installed on irregular surfaces. The current study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of measuring patient surface doses during radiation therapy using TLD sheets. Further, the surface doses when using a three-dimensional (3D) printed bolus were compared. First, calibration of the between TLD sheet measurements and the irradiation doses was performed. Second, dose calculations and TLD sheet measurements were compared to evaluate the error between treatment planning system (TPS) dose calculations and surface dose measurements. Finally, the TLD sheet was fitted to the head phantom to measure the surface dose at the uneven areas under two conditions (with a commercial [CM] bolus and a 3D-printed bolus). Based on the error from the dose calculation algorithm and the difference between the TLD sheet thickness and the dose grid size or evaluation structure volume, the differences between the TLD sheet measurements and the treatment plan doses were up to 68.6% for the X-ray collapsed cone convolution (CCC) method and up to 8.4% for the electron beam Monte Carlo (MC) method. Based on the results of the surface dosimetry of the head phantom, the application of surface dosimetry, particularly skin dosimetry, even on uneven body surfaces, can be feasible.
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