Characterizing the response of miniature scintillation detectors when irradiated with proton beams

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1865-1876

  Archambault, Louis ^a   Polf, Jerimy C ^a   Beaulieu, Luc ^b,c   Beddar, Sam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERENKOV COUNTERS; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PROTON BEAMS; QUENCHING;

ENERGY DEPENDENCE; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL AMPLITUDE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; WATER EQUIVALENCE;

SCINTILLATION COUNTERS;

PLASTIC;

ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; PROTON THERAPY; SCINTISCANNING;

CALIBRATION; LIGHT; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PARTICLE ACCELERATORS; PHOTONS; PLASTICS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WATER;

EID: 42449118498     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/7/004     Document Type: Article

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