Surface preparation and coupling in plastic scintillator dosimetry

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3519-3525

  Ayotte, Guylaine ^a,b   Archambault, Louis ^a,b,c   Gingras, Luc ^a,b   Lacroix, Frédéric ^a,b   Beddar, A Sam ^c   Beaulieu, Luc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Coupling efficiency; Light collection; Optical fibers; Plastic scintillators; Scintillation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALUMINA; ALUMINUM COATINGS; ALUMINUM OXIDE; COUPLING AGENTS; DOSIMETRY; EFFICIENCY; FIBERS; GELS; MAGNESIA; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; POLISHING; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; COUPLING INTERFACES; LIGHT COLLECTION; LIGHT COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; PLASTIC SCINTILLATOR; POLYETHYLENE JACKETS; SCINTILLATING FIBER; SURFACE PREPARATION;

OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION;

EID: 33748304416     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2256300     Document Type: Article

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