A real-time, high-resolution optical fibre dosemeter based on optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) of KBr:Eu, for potential use during the radiotherapy of cancer

Radiation Protection Dosimetry

Volumn 120, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 14-19

  Gaza, R ^a,b   McKeever, S W S ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUROPIUM; GLASS FIBER;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; RADIATION DOSE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BROMIDES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; EUROPIUM; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33749837281     PISSN: 01448420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rpd/nci603     Document Type: Article

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