An Assessment of radiotherapy dosimeters based on CVD grown diamond

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 460, Issue 2-3, 2001, Pages 401-411

  Ramkumar, S ^a   Buttar, C M ^a   Conway, J ^a   Whitehead, A J ^b   Sussman, R S ^b   Hill, G ^a   Walker, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b De Beers Industrial Diamonds (UK) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CVD; Detector; Diamond; Dosimeter; Radiosurgery; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DIAMONDS; GROWTH (MATERIALS); RADIOTHERAPY; X RAY RADIOGRAPHY;

RADIOSURGERY;

DOSIMETERS;

EID: 0035278414     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9002(00)01062-7     Document Type: Article

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