An implantable MOSFET dosimeter for the measurement of radiation dose in tissue during cancer therapy

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-51

  Beyer, Gloria P ^a   Mann, Greg G ^a   Pursley, Jan A ^a,b   Espenhahn, Eric T ^a   Fraisse, Caroline ^a   Godfrey, Devon James ^b   Oldham, Mark ^b   Carrea, Tammy B ^a   Bolick, Natasha ^a   Scarantino, Charles W ^a,c  

^a Sicel Technologies   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Rex Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT); Implantable dosimeter; In vivo dosimetry; MOSFET; Radiation dose; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

IMAGE-GUIDED RADIATION THERAPY; IMPLANTABLE DOSIMETER; IN-VIVO; MOS-FET; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION THERAPY;

DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; MOSFET DEVICES; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIATION; TELEMETERING;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 51449118533     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2007.912542     Document Type: Article

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