A fibre optic dosimeter customised for brachytherapy

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2007, Pages 929-932

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

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Bandwidth Foundry Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Radiation therapy; Scintillation dosimetry

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIOTHERAPY; REAL TIME CONTROL; SCINTILLATION;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL DEMANDS; CLINICAL GEOMETRIES; SCINTILLATION DOSIMETRY;

DOSIMETERS;

EID: 34548240206     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.02.042     Document Type: Article

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