A design methodology using signal-to-noise ratio for plastic scintillation detectors design and performance optimization

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 5214-5220

  Lacroix, Fŕd́ric ^a,b   Beddar, A Sam ^c   Guillot, Mathieu ^d,e   Beaulieu, Luc ^e   Gingras, Luc ^e  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b Pavillon Roger Gaudry (D 428)   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e CHUQ   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dosimeter array; Dosimeter precision; Dosimetry; Plastic scintillation detectors; Signal to noise ratio (SNR)

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; DOSIMETERS; DOSIMETRY; OPTICAL FIBERS; SCINTILLATION; TEXTILE FIBERS;

DEGREE OF ACCURACY; DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN METHODOLOGY; DOSE MEASUREMENT; FIBER COUPLINGS; NORMALIZED STANDARD DEVIATIONS; PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATIONS; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTORS;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DOSIMETER; DOSIMETRY; IMAGING SYSTEM; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION DETECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SCINTILLATION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SIMULATION;

EID: 70350741715     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3231947     Document Type: Article

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