Dosimetric characterization of a polycrystalline diamond detector prototype in radiotherapy beams

Physica Medica

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 129-133

  Fidanzio, A ^a   Conte, G ^c   Ascarelli, P ^b   Azario, L ^a   Viola, P ^a   Cappelli, E ^b   Piermattei, A ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

CVD Diamond; Photon dosimetry; Solid state detectors

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; WATER;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CRYSTAL; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FILM; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHANTOM; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOLID STATE; VAPOR; X RAY;

EID: 0036824217     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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