Improved spatial resolution by MOSFET dosimetry of an x-ray microbeam

Medical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 239-244

  Kaplan, Greg I ^a,b   Rosenfeld, Anatoly B ^a   Allen, Barry J ^a   Booth, Jeremy T ^a   Carolan, Martin G ^c   Holmes Siedle, Andrew ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Illawarra Cancer Centre   (Australia)

^d REM Oxford Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gafchromic film; Microbeam; MOSFET

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MICROMETERS; RADIATION DECONTAMINATION; X RAYS;

DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GAFCHROMIC FILMS; MICRO BEAMS; MICRON RESOLUTION; MOS-FET; MOSFET DETECTORS; ON-LINE MEASUREMENT; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

MOSFET DEVICES;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; COLLIMATOR; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR; THERMOLUMINESCENCE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 0342980296     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598866     Document Type: Article

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