Clinical studies of optimised single crystal and polycrystalline diamonds for radiotherapy dosimetry

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 43, Issue 2-6, 2008, Pages 933-938

  Descamps, C ^a   Tromson, D ^a   Tranchant, N ^a   Isambert, A ^b   Bridier, A ^b   De Angelis, C ^c   Onori, S ^c   Bucciolini, M ^d   Bergonzo, P ^a  

^a CEA LIST   (France)

^b INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Ionisation chamber; Radiotherapy dosimetry; Synthetic CVD polycrystalline and single crystal diamonds

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DETECTORS; DIAMONDS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; IONIZATION; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LINEARIZATION; MICROFLUIDICS; PAPER; POWDERS; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ABSORBED DOSE; BEAM CONTROLS; CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION; CLINICAL STUDIES; DELIVERY TIMES; DETECTOR RESPONSE; DOSE RATE DEPENDENCE; DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES; ELSEVIER (CO); ENERGY DEPENDENCE; FAST RESPONSE; GROWTH TECHNIQUES; HIGH COSTS; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY (IMRP); NATURAL DIAMONDS; POLY CRYSTALLINE; POLY-CRYSTALLINE DIAMOND (PCD); RISE TIME; SINGLE CRYSTAL DIAMOND (SCD);

SYNTHETIC DIAMONDS;

EID: 44949098226     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2007.11.080     Document Type: Article

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