Dose response of CaF2 :Tm to charged particles of different LET

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3714-3723

  Moyers, M F ^a,b   Nelson, G A ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Optivus Proton Therapy Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Charged particles; LET; TLD

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; CHARGED PARTICLES; ENERGY TRANSFER; FLUORSPAR; ION BEAMS; IONIZING RADIATION; IRON; MANNED SPACE FLIGHT; METAL IONS; PATIENT TREATMENT; THULIUM COMPOUNDS;

DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON EXPOSURE; LET RADIATION; LIGHT OUTPUT; LOW LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFERS; PEAK AREA RATIOS; RADIATION FIELD; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS;

CURVE FITTING;

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; THULIUM; WATER;

ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; ELECTRON RADIATION; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON RADIATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CALCIUM FLUORIDE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; RADIATION DOSAGE; THULIUM; WATER;

EID: 68149158315     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3159758     Document Type: Article

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