Monte Carlo and Lambertian light guide models of the light output from scintillation crystals at megavoltage energies

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1797-1809

  Evans, Philip M ^a   Mosleh Shirazi, M Amin ^a,b   Harris, Emma J ^a   Seco, Joao ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic portal imaging; Light output; Radiation detectors; Scintillation crystals

Indexed keywords

CESIUM IODIDE; DEPOSITION; IONIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; RADIATION DETECTORS; SCINTILLATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

CRYSTAL SCINTILLATORS; DETECTOR SIGNALS; ELECTRONIC PORTAL IMAGING; LIGHT OUTPUT; PARAMETRIC STUDY; SCINTILLATION CRYSTALS; SCINTILLATOR DETECTOR; SQUARE CROSS SECTION;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

CESIUM; IODIDE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CRYSTAL; ENERGY; IMAGING; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHT; MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION; SENSOR; THICKNESS; X RAY; X RAY DOSE DISTRIBUTION;

LAMBERTIA;

EID: 33744809315     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2199597     Document Type: Article

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