Characterization of a front-end electronics for the monitoring and control of hadrontherapy beams

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 586, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 270-275

  La Rosa, A ^a   Donetti, M ^a,b   Borri, M ^c   Rivero, F ^c   Attili, A ^a   Bourhaleb, F ^c   Cirio, R ^a,c   Garella, M A ^a   Giordanengo, S ^a   Givehchi, N ^a,c   Mazza, G ^a   Marchetto, F ^a   Pardo, J ^a   Pecka, A ^a,c   Peroni, C ^a,c  

^a SEZIONE DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Centro Nazionale Adroterapia Oncologica CNAO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Beam position monitor; CMOS technology; Current to frequency converter; Dosimetry; Hadrontherapy; Radiotherapy; VLSI electronics

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DOSIMETRY; FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; PIXELS; RADIOTHERAPY; VLSI CIRCUITS;

BEAM POSITION MONITORING; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; CURRENT-TO-FREQUENCY CONVERTERS; HADRONTHERAPY; VLSI ELECTRONICS;

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING;

EID: 39049165583     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2007.12.012     Document Type: Article

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