Dosimetric characterization of silicon and diamond detectors in low-energy proton beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 3045-3058

  Onori, S ^a   De Angelis, C ^a   Fattibene, P ^a   Pacilio, M ^a   Petetti, E ^a   Azario, L ^b   Miceli, R ^b   Piermattei, A ^b   Barone Tonghi, L ^c   Cuttone, G ^c   Lo Nigro, S ^d  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; PROTON; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DEVICE; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTOR; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID STATE; THICKNESS;

DIAMOND; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; IONS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; SILICON; WATER;

EID: 0033780315     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/10/320     Document Type: Article

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