Thermoluminescent dosimetry (TLD) for megavoltage electron beam energy determination

Radiation Measurements

Volumn 45, Issue 3-6, 2010, Pages 698-700

  Nelson, Vinod ^a,b   McLean, Donald ^b   Holloway, Lois ^a,b,c  

^a Macarthur Cancer Therapy Centre   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron energy; Thermoluminescent dosimetry

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BEAM ENERGY; ELECTRON ENERGIES; ENERGY DEPENDENCE; INTERNATIONAL REGULATORY BODIES; LIF:MG , TI; MALIGNANT DISEASE; MEGAVOLTAGE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRACTICAL METHOD; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETERS; THERMOLUMINESCENT DOSIMETRY; TLD-100;

DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTRONS;

DOSIMETRY;

EID: 77955306773     PISSN: 13504487     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2009.12.040     Document Type: Conference Paper

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