Diamond detector versus silicon diode and ion chamber in photon beams of different energy and field size

Medical Physics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 2149-2154

  Bucciolini, Martha ^a,b   Buonamici, F Banci ^b   Mazzocchi, S ^b   De Angelis, C ^c   Onori, S ^c   Cirrone, G A P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

Author keywords

Detectors; Diamond dosimetry; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; DIAMONDS; DIODES; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; RADIOTHERAPY; SILICON;

AVERAGING EFFECT; DIAMOND DETECTORS; DIAMOND DOSIMETRY; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; OUTPUT FACTORS; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SILICON DIODES; WIDTH MEASUREMENTS;

POWER SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES;

DIAMOND; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DIODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION FIELD;

EID: 0042389485     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1591431     Document Type: Article

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