A plastic scintillation dosimeter for high dose rate brachytherapy

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 51, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 5505-5516

  Lambert, J ^a,b   McKenzie, D R ^a   Law, S ^a   Elsey, J ^c   Suchowerska, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Bandwidth Foundry Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERENKOV COUNTERS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL FIBERS; PRODUCT DESIGN; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

BRACHYTHERAPY DOSIMETER; DOSE RATE; DOSIMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS; SCINTILLATION DOSIMETERS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

IRIDIUM 192; PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; MICROELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION ENERGY; SCINTILLATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; TEMPERATURE; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY;

EID: 33751168473     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/51/21/008     Document Type: Article

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