Measurement of Gamma Knife® helmet factors using MOSFETs

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1007-1012

  Kurjewicz, Laryssa ^a,f,g   Berndt, Anita ^b,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c WINNIPEG REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

^d Section of Neurosurgery   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^f LONDON REGIONAL CANCER PROGRAM   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETERS; METALS; MOS DEVICES; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; SAFETY DEVICES;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; ACTIVE AREA; CHARACTERIZATION MEASUREMENT; DOSE PROFILE; DOSE RATE; GAMMA KNIFE; MOS-FET; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS;

MOSFET DEVICES;

METAL OXIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR; GAMMA KNIFE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMICONDUCTOR; THERMOLUMINESCENCE DOSIMETER;

EID: 33847655528     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2437282     Document Type: Article

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