Characterization of a fiber-coupled Al2O3:C luminescence dosimetry system for online in vivo dose verification during 192Ir brachytherapy

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 708-718

  Andersen, Claus E ^a   Nielsen, Søren Kynde ^b   Greilich, Steffen ^a   Helt Hansen, Jakob ^a   Lindegaard, Jacob Christian ^b   Tanderup, Kari ^b  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

192Ir; Al2O3:C; Brachytherapy dosimetry; Energy dependence; Quality assurance; Uncertainty budget

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM COATED STEEL; ALUMINUM OXIDE; BUDGET CONTROL; CABLES; LUMINESCENCE; NEEDLES; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL CABLES; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOTHERAPY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; EGSNRC MONTE CARLO; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; RADIO-LUMINESCENCE; STANDARD DEVIATION; UNCERTAINTY BUDGET; ^192IR;

DOSIMETRY;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; GLASS FIBER; IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CALIBRATION; DOSIMETRY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 61549088158     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3063006     Document Type: Article

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