Dosimetric characteristics of a MOSFET dosimeter for clinical electron beams

Physica Medica

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 141-147

  Manigandan, D ^a   Bharanidharan, G ^a   Aruna, P ^a   Devan, K ^a   Elangovan, D ^b   Patil, Vikram ^b   Tamilarasan, R ^b   Vasanthan, S ^b   Ganesan, S ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Kailash Cancer Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

Electron beam radiotherapy; In vivo dosimetry; MOSFET

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON BEAM; ENERGY; IONIZATION CHAMBER; METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTOR DETECTOR; PHANTOM; RADIATION DETECTOR; RADIATION FIELD; REPRODUCIBILITY; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 68849111322     PISSN: 11201797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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