Characterization of optically stimulated luminescent dosimeters, OSLDs, for clinical dosimetric measurements

Medical Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4594-4604

  Jursinic, Paul A ^a  

^a West Michigan Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Diodes; In vivo dosimetry; Optically stimulated luminescent dosimeters; Thermoluminescent dosimeters

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; DIODES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RAYS; IRRADIATION; LUMINESCENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; X RAY DETECTORS; X RAYS;

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE; DOSE SENSITIVITY; DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES; IN-VIVO; LINEAR BEHAVIOR; RADIATION ENERGY; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; TRANSIENT SIGNAL;

LIGHT;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; GAMMA RADIATION; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 36749049838     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2804555     Document Type: Article

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