Use of water-equivalent plastic scintillator for intravascular brachytherapy dosimetry

Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-10

  Geso, M ^a   Robinson, N ^a   Schumer, W ^b   Williams, Kerry ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cardiovascular; Dosimetry; Scintillator

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFICATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MEDICINE; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTODIODES; PLASTICS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TISSUE; WATER;

BETA RADIATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; ORGANIC PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS (OPS); RADIOCHROMIC FILMS;

DOSIMETRY;

PLASTIC; STRONTIUM 90; WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON THERAPY; FILM DOSIMETER; INTERVENTIONAL CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURE; LIGHT EMITTING DIODE; LIQUID; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHOTON; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESTENOSIS; SCINTILLATION PROBE; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STENT;

EID: 2342631301     PISSN: 01589938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03178881     Document Type: Article

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