Small field measurements with a novel silicon position sensitive diode array

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 485-495

  Manolopoulos, S ^a,b   Wojnecki, C ^b   Hugtenburg, R ^d   Jaafar Sidek, M A ^c   Chalmers, G ^b   Heyes, G ^b   Green, S ^b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM DATUM; DEPTH DOSE; DIAMOND DETECTORS; DOSIMETRY MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMIC MEASUREMENTS; FAST READS; FIELD MEASUREMENTS; FIELD SIZES; OFF-AXIS RATIOS; OUTPUT FACTORS; PARTICLE PHYSICS EXPERIMENTS; POSITION SENSITIVE DIODES; POSITION-SENSITIVE DETECTORS; REAL TIME; SPATIAL RESOLUTIONS; STEREOTACTIC RADIOTHERAPIES;

DETECTORS; DIAMONDS; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOIONIZATION; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

DIAMOND; SILICON;

ARTICLE; COLLIMATOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIODE; DOSIMETRY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOTYPE DOSI; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SILICON;

EID: 63649142184     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/54/3/002     Document Type: Article

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