A fast monitoring system for radiotherapeutic proton beams based on scintillating screens and a CCD camera

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 1584-1587

  Cirrone, G A P ^a   Coco, S ^b   Cuttone, G ^a   De Martinis, C ^c   Giove, D ^c   Lojacono, P A ^a   Mauri, M ^c   Messina, R ^b  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

CCD; Monitoring; Proton; Scintillator; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DOSIMETRY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODIODES; PROTONS; RADIOTHERAPY;

INTRINSIC NOISE; ORGANIC SCINTILLATING; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETERS (TLD);

MONITORING;

EID: 11844299007     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/nssmic.2003.1352180     Document Type: Conference Paper

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