Signal versus noise in fiber coupled radiation dosimeters for medical applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5317, Issue , 2004, Pages 105-115

  Law, Susan H ^a   Suchowerska, Natalka ^a,b   Fleming, Simon C ^a   Beddar, A Samad ^c   McKenzie, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerenkov radiation; Optical fibers; Radiation dosimeters; Radiation therapy; Scintillators

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; IONIZING RADIATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATERIALS SCIENCE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ONCOLOGY; PHOSPHORS; PHYSICAL OPTICS; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION;

CANCER PATIENTS; CERENKOV RADIATION; FIBER OPTIC DOSIMETERS (FOD);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 5644229769     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.540735     Document Type: Conference Paper

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