The energy dependence and dose response of a commercial optically stimulated luminescent detector for kilovoltage photon, megavoltage photon, and electron, proton, and carbon beams

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1690-1699

  Reft, Chester S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy response; LET; Optically stimulated luminescent detector; Protons

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ATOMS; CARBON; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LUMINESCENCE; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; PROTONS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOTHERAPY;

DOSIMETRIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY RESPONSE; HIGH-LET RADIOTHERAPIES; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LUMINESCENT DETECTOR; MEGAVOLTAGE PHOTONS; PROTON RADIOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY DOSIMETRY;

PHOTONS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARBON; PROTON; WATER;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; ELECTRON THERAPY; ION THERAPY; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; LUMINESCENCE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; PHOTON; PHOTON THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION ENERGY;

EID: 65449186980     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3097283     Document Type: Article

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