Plastic scintillation dosimetry for radiation therapy: Minimizing capture of Cerenkov radiation noise

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 783-790

  Beddar, A Sam ^a   Suchowerska, Natalka ^b   Law, Susan H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ONCOLOGY; PLASTICITY; RADIOTHERAPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SCINTILLATION;

RADIATION ONCOLOGY; SCINTILLATION DOSIMETRY;

MEDICINE;

GLASS FIBER; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DEVICE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; NOISE; ONCOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DETECTOR; REFRACTION INDEX; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ANISOTROPY; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLASTICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 1542610651     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/49/5/009     Document Type: Article

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