Cerenkov-free scintillation dosimetry in external beam radiotherapy with an air core light guide

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3071-3080

  Lambert, J ^a   Yin, Y ^a   McKenzie, D R ^a   Law, S ^a   Suchowerska, N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; DRUG THERAPY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; FIBER OPTICS; HEALTH; IONIZATION; LUMINESCENCE; MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PLASTICS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; TECHNOLOGY;

(P ,P ,T) MEASUREMENTS; AIR CORED; BACKGROUND LIGHT; CERENKOV LIGHT; DEPTH DOSE MEASUREMENTS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY (EBRT); HIGH ENERGIES; INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS; LIGHT DETECTOR; LIGHT GUIDING; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); PHOTON BEAMS; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION; PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; PRIMARY BEAMS; SCINTILLATION LIGHT; SIGNAL PROPAGATION; SOLID CORES;

LIGHT EMISSION;

AIR; ARTICLE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; LIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTILLATION;

AIR; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SCINTILLATION COUNTING;

EID: 45749136904     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/53/11/021     Document Type: Article

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