Application of commercial MOSFET detectors for in vivo dosimetry in the therapeutic x-ray range from 80 kV to 250 kV

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 289-303

  Ehringfeld, Christian ^a   Schmid, Susanne ^a,b   Poljanc, Karin ^b   Kirisits, Christian ^a   Aiginger, Hannes ^b   Georg, Dietmar ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b TU WIEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; ERROR CORRECTION; IRRADIATION; MOSFET DEVICES; RADIOTHERAPY; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CALIBRATION FACTORS; CORRECTION FACTORS; SIGNAL MEASUREMENT;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; IRRADIATION; MALE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION ENERGY; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 13644255923     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/50/2/008     Document Type: Article

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