Dealing with Cerenkov radiation generated in organic scintillator dosimeters by bremsstrahlung beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1165-1182

  Clift, M A ^a   Sutton, R A ^a   Webb, D V ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Australian Radiation Protection   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); POLYSTYRENE; SILICON DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCINTILLATION; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

BIOPHYSICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LIGHT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICS; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; POLYVINYLS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 0034109047     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/45/5/307     Document Type: Article

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