Scintillation dosimeter arrays using air core light guides: Simulation and experiment

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3401-3415

  Naseri, Pourandokht ^a   Suchowerska, Natalka ^a,b   McKenzie, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CORE; CENTRAL AXIS; CERENKOV; CORRECTION FACTORS; DOSE MEASUREMENT; DOSIMETER DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL ERRORS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; LIGHT GUIDES; MATERIAL COMPONENTS; MC SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL FIBRE; PACKED ARRAYS; PHOTON BEAMS; PROXIMITY EFFECTS; SIMULATION RESULT; WATER EQUIVALENCE;

DOSIMETERS; EXPERIMENTS; LIGHT EMISSION; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SCINTILLATION; SILVER;

DOSIMETRY;

AIR; ARTICLE; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY;

AIR; LIGHT; MONTE CARLO METHOD; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 77954158169     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/55/12/009     Document Type: Article

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