Measurements of relative depth doses using fiber-optic radiation sensor and EBT film for brachytherapy dosimetry

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 57, Issue 3 PART 2, 2010, Pages 1496-1501

  Lee, Bongsoo ^a   Yoo, Wook Jae ^a   Jang, Kyoung Won ^a   Cho, Dong Hyun ^a   Seo, Jeong Ki ^a   Heo, Ji Yeon ^a   Shin, Sang Hun ^b   Moon, Joo Hyun ^c   Park, Byung Gi ^d   Cho, Young Ho ^e   Kim, Sin ^f  

^a Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Radiation and Medical Science   (South Korea)

^c Dongguk University   (South Korea)

^d Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^e Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^f Applied Radiological Science Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Cerenkov light; Dosimeter; Optical fiber; Organic scintillator; Relative depth dose

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE MEASUREMENT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CERENKOV LIGHT; DEPTH DOSE; DOSE MEASUREMENT; DOSIMETRY FILMS; FIBER-OPTIC RADIATION SENSORS; HIGH DOSE; ORGANIC SCINTILLATOR; RADIATION FIELD; REAL-TIME RESPONSE; SUBTRACTION METHOD; WAVELENGTH SHIFTING;

DOSIMETERS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; LIGHT EMISSION; MEASUREMENT ERRORS; ONCOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYSTYRENES; RADIATION SHIELDING; RADIOTHERAPY; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SENSORS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 77953946219     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2010.2043263     Document Type: Conference Paper

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