A Monte Carlo comparison of the response of the PTW-diamond and the TL- diamond detectors in megavoltage photon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2503-2507

  Mobit, Paul N ^a   Sandison, George A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diamond detector; Intermediate cavity; Monte Carlo

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; GAMMA RAYS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHANTOMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; X RAYS;

DIAMOND DETECTORS; DOSE CONTRIBUTION; INTERMEDIATE CAVITY; MEGAVOLTAGE PHOTONS; MONTE CARLO CODES; PHANTOM MATERIALS; PHOTON INTERACTIONS; SOLID STATE DETECTORS;

X RAY DETECTORS;

COBALT 60; DIAMOND;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETER; GAMMA RADIATION; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 0032692443     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598771     Document Type: Article

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