Development of a RadFET linear array for intracavitary in vivo dosimetry in external beam radiotherapy and brachytherapy

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1494-1498

  Price, Robert A ^a   Benson, Chris ^b,c   Rodgers, Kenneth ^d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Applyards   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dosimetry; In vivo patient dosimetry; MOSFET; RadFET; Radiotherapy; Semiconductor detectors

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MOSFET DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TISSUE; TUMORS;

FLIP-CHIP-BONDING; IN VIVO PATIENT DOSIMETRY; RANDFET; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 11844263939     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2003.1352160     Document Type: Conference Paper

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