MOSFET dosimeter depth-dose measurements in heterogeneous tissue-equivalent phantoms at diagnostic x-ray energies

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3209-3213

  Jones, A K ^a   Pazik, F D ^a   Hintenlang, D E ^a   Bolch, W E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depth dose; Monte Carlo simulation; MOSFET dosimeter; Newborn phantoms; Pediatric radiology; Tissue equivalent plastic

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DOSIMETERS; FACINGS; METALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MOS DEVICES; MOSFET DEVICES; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; PEDIATRICS; PHANTOMS; PHOTONS; X RAYS;

CYLINDRICAL PHANTOMS; DEPTH DOSE; DEPTH DOSE MEASUREMENTS; HETEROGENEOUS TISSUES; MOS-FET; PEDIATRIC PATIENTS; PEDIATRIC RADIOLOGY; RADIATION TRANSPORT MODELING;

TISSUE;

METAL OXIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY; IRRADIATION; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MATERIALS; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR DOSIMETER; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PEDIATRICS; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DEPTH DOSE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOFT TISSUE;

EID: 27244438116     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2047827     Document Type: Article

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