Plastic scintillation dosimetry: Optimal selection of scintillating fibers and scintillators

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2271-2278

  Archambault, Louis ^a,b   Arsenault, Jean ^a,b   Gingras, Luc ^a,b   Beddar, A Sam ^c   Roy, René ^b   Beaulieu, Luc ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerenkov light; Dosimetry; Optical fibers; Plastic scintillator; Scintillating fibers; Small fields

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FIBERS; IONIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

CERENKOV LIGHT; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZER; PLASTIC SCINTILLATING FIBERS; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR; SCINTILLATING FIBER; SMALL FIELDS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; DOSIMETRY; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIOSURGERY; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

EID: 22544444219     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.1943807     Document Type: Article

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