Dosimetric characteristics of a new unshielded silicon diode and its application in clinical photon and electron beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3750-3754

  Griessbach, Irmgard ^a   Lapp, Markus ^b   Bohsung, Jörg ^c   Gademann, Günther ^a   Harder, Dietrich ^d  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Physikalisch Technische Werkstatten Dr Pychlau GmbH   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Electron dosimetry; Photon dosimetry; Silicon diode; Small field dosimetry

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SILICON;

DIAMOND DETECTORS; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; ITS APPLICATIONS; OUTPUT FACTOR MEASUREMENTS; PLANE PARALLEL IONIZATION CHAMBER; RELIABLE PERFORMANCE; SCATTERED PHOTONS; SILICON DIODES;

DIODES;

SILICON;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY TRANSFER; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; MEASUREMENT; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RELIABILITY; BIOPHYSICS; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ELECTRON; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY;

BIOPHYSICS; ELECTRONS; HUMANS; PHOTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON;

EID: 33645009141     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2124547     Document Type: Article

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