A fast monitoring system for radiotherapeutic proton beams based on scintillating screens and a CCD camera

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1402-1406

  Cirrone, G A P ^a   Coco, S ^b   Cuttone, G ^a   De Martinis, C ^c   Giove, D ^c   Lojacono, P A ^a   Mauri, M ^c   Messina, R ^b  

^a INFN LABORATORI NAZIONALI DEL SUD   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c INFN SEZIONE DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Charge coupled device (CCD); Monitoring; Proton; Scintillator; Therapy

Indexed keywords

SCINTILLATING MATERIALS; SCINTILLATOR; SILICON DIODES; THERAPY;

CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DOSIMETERS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; PHOTODIODES; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION;

PROTON BEAMS;

EID: 4444345459     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.832289     Document Type: Conference Paper

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