A preliminary analysis of LET effects in the dosimetry of proton beams using PRESAGE™ and optical CT

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 415-418

  Al Nowais, S ^a   Doran, S ^a   Kacperek, A ^b   Krstajic, N ^c   Adamovics, J ^d   Bradley, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d Heuris Pharma LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC INSTRUMENT TRANSFORMERS; IONIZING RADIATION; LIGHTING FIXTURES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; MEDICAL IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PARTICLE BEAMS; POLYMERS; PROTON BEAMS; TOMOGRAPHY; TUMORS; VAT DYES;

BRAGG PEAKS; COLOUR CHANGES; CT SYSTEMS; DENSITY CHANGES; DOSE MEASUREMENTS; DOUGLAS (CO); ENTRANCE DOSE; MONOENERGETIC BEAMS; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); POLYURETHANE MATRIX; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; TRUE VALUE; TUMOURS;

PROTONS;

DYE; POLYURETHAN;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; EYE TUMOR; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE;

EYE; HUMANS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 58549104895     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2008.06.032     Document Type: Article

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