A fibre optic scintillator dosemeter for absorbed dose measurements of low-energy X-ray-emitting brachytherapy sources

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 24-27

  Sliski, Alan ^a   Soares, Christopher ^b   Mitch, Michael G ^b  

^a Boston Science   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONICS; FIBER OPTICS; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; PHANTOM; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SCINTILLATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FIBER OPTICS; RADIATION DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33749836987     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncj009     Document Type: Article

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