Plastic scintillation dosimetry and its application to radiotherapy

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages

  Beddar, A S ^a  

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

Author keywords

Dosimetry; Fiberoptic detectors; Radiotherapy detectors; Scintillation detectors; Scintillators

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOMULTIPLIERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

FIBEROPTIC DETECTORS; RADIOTHERAPY DETECTORS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 34248504862     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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