COTS Silicon diodes as radiation detectors in proton and heavy charged particle radiotherapy 1

Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 365-371

  Kaiser, Franz Joachim ^a,b   Bassler, Niels ^b,c   Jäkel, Oliver ^a,d  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER TREATMENT; CARBON IONS; DIODE DETECTORS; DOSE DEPOSITION; DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS; GERMANY; HEAVY CHARGED PARTICLES; HEAVY-ION THERAPY; HEIDELBERG; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; PHOTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY FACILITY; SILICON DIODES; SUBMILLIMETERS;

DIODES; IONS; PARTICLE BEAMS; PROTONS; RADIATION DAMAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON DETECTORS;

RADIATION DETECTORS;

HEAVY ION; PROTON; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; INSTRUMENTATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; HEAVY IONS; PROTONS; RADIOMETRY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SILICON;

EID: 77955467930     PISSN: 0301634X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00411-010-0299-8     Document Type: Article

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