A carbon fiber-based radiation sensor for dosimetric measurement in radiotherapy

Carbon

Volumn 46, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 1869-1873

  Ma, Jiazhi ^a   Yeow, John T W ^a,d   Chow, James C L ^b   Barnett, Rob B ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Grand River Regional Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^d ARTsensing Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; IONIZING RADIATION; RADIATION; RADIATION SHIELDING; SENSOR NETWORKS; SENSORS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

A-CARBON; ABSORBED DOSE; PROTOTYPE SENSORS; RADIATION FIELDS; RADIATION SENSORS;

CARBON FIBERS;

CARBON FIBERS; DOSAGE; MONITORING; RADIATION COUNTERS; RESOLUTION; SENSORS;

EID: 53749097449     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2008.07.034     Document Type: Article

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