Characterization of a fiber-optic-coupled radioluminescent detector for application in the mammography energy range

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2220-2227

  Benevides, Luis A ^a   Huston, Alan L ^b   Justus, Brian L ^b   Falkenstein, Paul ^b   Brateman, Libby F ^c   Hintenlang, David E ^c  

^a Naval Dosimetry Center   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; DATA ACQUISITION; FIBER OPTICS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS; OPTICAL FIBERS; RHODIUM ALLOYS;

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; AVERAGE SENSITIVITIES; CALIBRATION FACTORS; CLINICAL APPLICATION; CLINICAL MAMMOGRAPHY; RAPID DATA ACQUISITION; REAL TIME MONITORING;

DOSIMETERS;

COPPER; GLASS FIBER; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ENERGY RESOURCE; FIBER OPTICS; LUMINESCENCE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MONITORING; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; X RAY;

EID: 34447338367     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2736788     Document Type: Article

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