MOSFET sensitivity dependence on integrated dose from high-energy photon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-47

  Tanyi, James A ^a,b   Krafft, Shane P ^c,d   Hagio, Tomoe ^c   Fuss, Martin ^b,e   Salter, Bill J ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose response; MOSFET; Radiation measurement

Indexed keywords

DOSIMETRY; LOGIC DESIGN; MOSFET DEVICES; PHOTONS;

DOSE RESPONSE; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTON BEAMS; INCREASING SENSITIVITIES; MOS-FET; MOSFET DOSIMETRY SYSTEM; RADIATION MEASUREMENTS; SENSITIVITY VARIATION; TOTAL INTEGRATED DOSE;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; MEASUREMENT; PHANTOM; PHOTON; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION ENERGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

EID: 37549071493     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2815626     Document Type: Article

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