A prototype scintillation dosimeter customized for small and dynamic megavoltage radiation fields

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1115-1126

  Lambert, Jamil ^a   Yin, Yongbai ^a   McKenzie, David R ^a   Law, Susan H ^a   Ralston, Anna ^b   Suchowerska, Natalka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CORE; BACKGROUND SIGNALS; BUILD-UP REGION; CERENKOV; DEPTH DOSE MEASUREMENTS; DIAMOND DETECTORS; DOSE RATE; FIELD SIZE; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; LIGHT GUIDES; MEGAVOLTAGE; MEGAVOLTAGE PHOTONS; MEV-ELECTRONS; OPTICAL FIBRE; PHOTON BEAMS; PLASTIC SCINTILLATION; PRIMARY RADIATIONS; RADIATION FIELD; RAPID RESPONSE; SCINTILLATION SIGNALS; SENSITIVE VOLUME; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; STATIC FIELDS; STEM EFFECT;

DOSIMETERS; ELECTRON BEAMS; IONIZATION CHAMBERS; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARTICLE DETECTORS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DOSIMETRY;

WATER;

AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; UNCERTAINTY; X RAY FILM;

AIR; ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PHOTONS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY; SCINTILLATION COUNTING; UNCERTAINTY; WATER; X-RAY FILM;

EID: 76149114290     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/4/014     Document Type: Article

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