Radiation therapy uses high-energy radiation that can cause various side effects depending on the patient's exposure. In particular, side effects occur in the skin due to its radiation exposure to reach the target volume. Therefore, side effects are reduced by clinical trials using various skin dosimeters such as lms and glass detectors to determine the dose exposed to the skin. However, accurately measuring the doses using these dosimeters is challenging due to human curvature. In this study, a exible skin dosimeter was produced using the photoconductor materials mercury oxide (HgO) and lead oxide (PbO).The performance of the proposed dosimeter was evaluated by measuring reproducibility, linearity, dose rate independency according to dose, and percent depth dose (PDD) at photon energy beam. The results showed that the exible skin dosimeter using HgO material has high applicability as a skin dosimeter due to its stability compared to PbO. The results provide useful insights for the radiation therapy eld, particularly in areas where radiation measurement is di cult, depending on the human curvature. The proposed exible skin dosimeter could serve in various radiation detection areas as a exible, functional material
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