A correction method for diamond detector signal dependence with proton energy

Medical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 669-675

  Fidanzio, A ^a   Azario, L ^a   De Angelis, C ^b   Pacilio, M ^b   Onori, S ^b   Kacperek, A ^c   Piermattei, A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diamond detector; LET dependence; Proton dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DIAMONDS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; PROTON BEAMS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; SILICON DETECTORS;

CONTROL PROCEDURES; CORRECTION METHOD; DIAMOND DETECTORS; EMPIRICAL CORRECTION FACTOR; LET DEPENDENCE; PROTON DOSIMETRIES; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SOLID STATE DETECTORS;

SIGNAL DETECTION;

DIAMOND; SILICON; PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENERGY; FILM DOSIMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SIGNAL PROCESSING; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOMETRY; STATISTICS;

BIOPHYSICS; DIAMOND; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SOFTWARE; WATER;

EID: 0035999391     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1469634     Document Type: Article

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